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Answer» Popular Science has made their complete archive of magazines freely available online. http://www.popsci.com/archives Pretty interesting with the ability of search to quickly find keywords you're interested in articles going back to the 60's also funny seeing some of the old ads.Takes me back a few years looking at those popsci mags. My grandfather used to give me the issues he was DONE with. This was about 15 years ago. I always looked at the back of the magazines at the "Shop at Home" section. I wanted one of those G1 Homebuilt Helicopter Kits so bad. The G1 kit is still available. http://www.vortechonline.com/g1/ I wonder what local law enforcement would think if they saw someone driving one of those things and parking it say, at the local Mall. After the person is done shopping they hop in the helicopter and go back home. Quote from: EEVIAC on March 06, 2010, 09:44:46 PM I wonder what local law enforcement would think if they saw someone driving one of those things and parking it say, at the local Mall. After the person is done shopping they hop in the helicopter and go back home. Well there are restrictions as to where, when and who it is flying.If I had the money, I'd order the kit and put that thing TOGETHER.. The blades alone are close to 2000 dollars The ORIGINAL ad said that no license was needed. But I know there are regulations as to where these things are allowed. I still like the idea of taking off vertically and flying over town to a friends house or something. I wonder how much it would cost to actually build one that was fully functional and safe? I wonder how high it can go. I'd imagine that I would either fly it low enough so I can jump out with minimal injury, say there's a fire, or high enough so I could use a parachute if I had to... Wow. I didn't really think these would be so costly. ($20,000/kit) But then again you are paying for parts that have been designed and manufactured specifically for this heli. Maybe when I retire i'll look into buying the kit. Oh and it says the G1 can reach 10,000 ft, and has a foward speed of around 80 mph. Quote from: t_blake07 on March 07, 2010, 03:31:01 PM Oh and it says the G1 can reach 10,000 ft That would scare the bejesus out of me. especially if it has no belt or other harness type thing... Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 08, 2010, 09:12:15 AM That would scare the bejesus out of me. especially if it has no belt or other harness type thing... I bet a parachute isn't included inthe package either!Just stay at 500 feet and you will not have as far to fall! Cool more reasons for me to ADD to my website... anyone got any prozac? Quote from: Mulreay on March 08, 2010, 04:23:23 PM Cool more reasons for me to add to my website... anyone got any prozac? No, I am off Prozac. But I can get you some cheap Lithium10,000 ft does seem awfully high. That's almost 10 World Trade Center towers tall! I think this is a theoretical height according to the specs of the motor, main rotors, and tail rotors. Whether or not it can actually, safely, reach that height is probably unknown. I sure wouldn't have the balls to go that high in this thing. From my understanding, most military/medical/private choppers only fly at around 1000 ft or so. According to FAA regulations, a chopper must maintain an altitude of 1000 ft above the highest obstacle in a 2000 ft radius. I took a ride in a small helicopter at a local state fair recently, and now that I think about it, we did stay about that high above the surrounding buildings and such. Other than take off and APPROACH of coarse. A heli ride is a lot different than a plane ride. A rougher ride, yet more maneuverable at the same time.

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Popular Science has made their complete archive of magazines freely available online.

http://www.popsci.com/archives

Pretty interesting with the ability of search to quickly find keywords you're interested in articles going back to the 60's also funny seeing some of the old ads.Takes me back a few years looking at those popsci mags. My grandfather used to give me the issues he was DONE with. This was about 15 years ago. I always looked at the back of the magazines at the "Shop at Home" section. I wanted one of those G1 Homebuilt Helicopter Kits so bad. The G1 kit is still available.
http://www.vortechonline.com/g1/
I wonder what local law enforcement would think if they saw someone driving one of those things and parking it say, at the local Mall. After the person is done shopping they hop in the helicopter and go back home. Quote from: EEVIAC on March 06, 2010, 09:44:46 PM

I wonder what local law enforcement would think if they saw someone driving one of those things and parking it say, at the local Mall. After the person is done shopping they hop in the helicopter and go back home.

Well there are restrictions as to where, when and who it is flying.If I had the money, I'd order the kit and put that thing TOGETHER..

The blades alone are close to 2000 dollars The ORIGINAL ad said that no license was needed. But I know there are regulations as to where these things are allowed. I still like the idea of taking off vertically and flying over town to a friends house or something. I wonder how much it would cost to actually build one that was fully functional and safe? I wonder how high it can go.

I'd imagine that I would either fly it low enough so I can jump out with minimal injury, say there's a fire, or high enough so I could use a parachute if I had to...

Wow. I didn't really think these would be so costly. ($20,000/kit) But then again you are paying for parts that have been designed and manufactured specifically for this heli. Maybe when I retire i'll look into buying the kit.

Oh and it says the G1 can reach 10,000 ft, and has a foward speed of around 80 mph. Quote from: t_blake07 on March 07, 2010, 03:31:01 PM

Oh and it says the G1 can reach 10,000 ft

That would scare the bejesus out of me.

especially if it has no belt or other harness type thing... Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 08, 2010, 09:12:15 AM

That would scare the bejesus out of me.

especially if it has no belt or other harness type thing...

I bet a parachute isn't included inthe package either!Just stay at 500 feet and you will not have as far to fall! Cool more reasons for me to ADD to my website... anyone got any prozac? Quote from: Mulreay on March 08, 2010, 04:23:23 PM

Cool more reasons for me to add to my website... anyone got any prozac?

No, I am off Prozac. But I can get you some cheap Lithium10,000 ft does seem awfully high. That's almost 10 World Trade Center towers tall! I think this is a theoretical height according to the specs of the motor, main rotors, and tail rotors. Whether or not it can actually, safely, reach that height is probably unknown. I sure wouldn't have the balls to go that high in this thing.

From my understanding, most military/medical/private choppers only fly at around 1000 ft or so. According to FAA regulations, a chopper must maintain an altitude of 1000 ft above the highest obstacle in a 2000 ft radius. I took a ride in a small helicopter at a local state fair recently, and now that I think about it, we did stay about that high above the surrounding buildings and such. Other than take off and APPROACH of coarse. A heli ride is a lot different than a plane ride. A rougher ride, yet more maneuverable at the same time.

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