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December 30, 2003

More Helicycles Getting Built and Flown

The first flight of an aircraft you've crafted for yourself is ALWAYS an extraordinary milestone... but when it's one of the first of a new breed of sport helicopter, it's particularly noteworthy. ANN Reader Tom Sled tells us that, "Back in 1969 I became an Army helicopter pilot and flew Huey's in Vietnam. I saw BJ Schramm flying the HeliCycle at El Mirage in 2000 and I decided to build one. In August of 2001 I took delivery of the first crate of HeliCycle parts from BJ's Eagle R&D. I watched the videos during the week and did the construction mainly on weekends. With the detailed videos and well packaged aircraft quality parts, I found the HeliCycle a very easy to build kit. No costly tools or special training is needed, and the techniques for the different parts of the assem

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