# Blackhawk up... well, I HOPE it goes up! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864 "2006-05-23T04:11:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/1 "2006-05-23T04:11:48Z")
Whaz up? So I decided to start building free flight model planes again after a couple years pause… well, in all honesty I never stoped building models, but the past two years I´ve only done indoor flying models that doesn´t look much like a plane anyway. So… now I´m working on something I haven´t tried before, I´ve made a plane flight, I´ve made a twin engine plane fly, I´ve even made a ornithopter fly, but I´ve never ,ever made a helicopter fly! Check out how things are coming together over here: [Sikorsky S-67 helicopter](http://www.smallflyingarts.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=rubberff;action=display;num=1148107587;start=0#24) Many pictures!, interesting discussions on mechanics!, free pop-corn!.. well, maybe not, but step inside and let me know what you think. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/2 "2006-06-11T03:29:57Z")
Gee… that one flew like a lead zeppelin, didn´t it? I´m talking about the thread, of course; the Blackhawk seems to be able to fly quite well although I still have to trim it for stable flight. Pics of the finished model over here at the bottom of the page: [http://www.smallflyingarts.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=rubberff;action=display;num=1148107587;start=50](http://www.smallflyingarts.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=rubberff;action=display;num=1148107587;start=50) ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/3 "2006-06-11T03:36:35Z")
Yeah, it’s a little late, I’m at work, and I’m tired, so my inner adolescent is coming out. That’s why I read your URL as www. [smellingmyfarts.com/etc](http://smellingmyfarts.com/etc). I hope your copter works well. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/4 "2006-06-11T03:40:23Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] Yeah, it’s a little late, I’m at work, and I’m tired, so my inner adolescent is coming out. That’s why I read your URL as www. [smellingmyfarts.com/etc](http://smellingmyfarts.com/etc). [/QUOTE] Psychoanalysis on aisle number 3! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/5 "2006-06-11T04:47:15Z")
That’s cool, if a little nerdy. How long have you been building models? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/6 "2006-06-11T05:09:55Z")
[QUOTE=Mighty\_Girl] That’s cool, if a little nerdy. How long have you been building models? [/QUOTE] 16 years, or 2/3 rds of my life for what´s worth. I intend to keep doing it untill I kick the bucket, it´s a great hobby, build in rainy days, go out in sunny weather, meet nice people and burn off some stress; I can´t ask for more. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/7 "2006-06-11T05:53:22Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] Gee… that one flew like a lead zeppelin, didn´t it? [/QUOTE] Sorry, I was on vacation that week. Nice model. How is it powered? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/8 "2006-06-11T06:03:47Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Sorry, I was on vacation that week. Nice model. How is it powered? [/QUOTE] Rubber powered. That´s the tricky part, because the rubber motor runs along the fuselage, but the power output must be perpendicular to that, so I had to build a transmission shaft that goes forward and then up to the main rotor; it´s called a Moore Drive and it´s explained in some detail in the first pages of that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/9 "2006-06-11T12:51:45Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] I´m talking about the thread, of course; the Blackhawk seems to be able to fly quite well although I still have to trim it for stable flight. [/QUOTE] “Notice as it not so much flies as plummet.” Somebody \*\*had \*\*to say that. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/10 "2006-06-11T16:03:24Z")
[QUOTE=Mighty\_Girl] “Notice as it not so much flies as plummet.” Somebody \*\*had \*\*to say that. [/QUOTE] You´re a ba-a-a-a-a-a-d person, you know that? 😉 The problem with the model is that it starts flying quite well and then it begins to oscillate back and forth; if I can cure that it´ll fly just peachy. It´s probaly a matter of placing the center of gravity on the right spot. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/11 "2006-06-12T02:27:58Z")
[QUOTE=Mighty\_Girl] “Notice as it not so much flies as plummet.” Somebody \*\*had \*\*to say that. [/QUOTE] No no, it does fly indeed! [http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/7907/blackhawksequence013hq.jpg](http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/7907/blackhawksequence013hq.jpg) And then it plummets… but I´m working on that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/12 "2006-06-12T09:44:18Z")
Helicopters don’t fly. They’re just so ugly that the Earth repels them. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackhawk-up-well-i-hope-it-goes-up/357864/13 "2006-06-12T12:50:22Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Helicopters don’t fly. They’re just so ugly that the Earth repels them. 😛 [/QUOTE] Ahem… :mad: