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Flame eater helicopter - short clip
« on: March 27, 2019, 12:34:28 pm »
Bought this last year from EBay UK but they are more readily available on AliExpress.  Inexpensive fun, but like all flame eaters they are sometimes tricky to get to work properly.
Dusted it off today for a little run:



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Re: Flame eater helicopter - short clip
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2019, 12:56:03 pm »
Love it Dave, and it even sounds like a helicopter running  8)  Would be a good attention-getter at the shows and might help to get some young ones interested...
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Re: Flame eater helicopter - short clip
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2019, 01:16:03 pm »
Looks, sounds and works GREAT, but my best guess it that it will never fly!?!?   ;c)
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Re: Flame eater helicopter - short clip
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2019, 01:41:59 pm »
There you go again Dave , I swore the last time I saw this solar helicopter that I was going to go out & buy one ...havn' t done it yet , now you have me wanting one again ...lol, needless to say "I really like it"
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Re: Flame eater helicopter - short clip
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2019, 02:10:10 pm »
LOVE IT !!!

Thanks for sharing Dave
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Re: Flame eater helicopter - short clip
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2019, 06:30:23 pm »
That is SUPER cool Dave !!! Love the sound :)
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Re: Flame eater helicopter - short clip
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2019, 02:12:47 pm »
Very cool, sounds just like the real thing!
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Re: Flame eater helicopter - short clip
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2019, 03:36:16 pm »
I like the solar helicopter and the helpers on the ground staff.
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Re: Flame eater helicopter - short clip
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2019, 04:19:47 pm »
Thanks guys, lots of fun for a modest investment.  Quite a clever design, I thought originally the rotor blade rotation was wrong, but it is designed to pull air upward thus adding a bit of cooling to the cylinder.  So, it will certainly never fly but won't overheat either!

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Re: Flame eater helicopter - short clip
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2019, 08:37:06 am »
That is simply awesome...thanks for sharing!

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Re: Flame eater helicopter - short clip
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2019, 09:20:09 am »
Thanks for the video Dave.

A delightful design.
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Re: Flame eater helicopter - short clip
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2019, 02:07:02 pm »
I love the helicopter!  It even sounds like it is about to take off.
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