Chinook Helicopter Design
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Chinook Helicopter Design
My partner and I have been researching the chinook design. But, we're just having trouble connecting the rubber bands to the duomotors. How do you use the rubber band so that It'd work?
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Helicopters- 1st
Road Scholar- 5th
Write it Do it- 2nd
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Write it Do it- 2nd
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Re: Chinook Helicopter Design
Wow! Thankyou for saving my time! I was reading through the scioly wiki rules this whole time. I''ll be checking the rules for this year.
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Helicopters- 1st
Road Scholar- 5th
Write it Do it- 2nd
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Re: Chinook Helicopter Design
If someone PMs me a reminder, I'll update the page to reflect that (along with typical spell/grammar check) later this weekend or early next week. I don't have time until then, however.isaysroar wrote:Wow! Thankyou for saving my time! I was reading through the scioly wiki rules this whole time. I''ll be checking the rules for this year.
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Re: Chinook Helicopter Design
isnt the chinook design only for extra points for last year? i've heard its much harder to make than a typical helicopter made from a kit.
2012 Events
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2013 Events
Regionals:
Helicopters-2nd place
Rotor Egg Drop-3rd place
State:
Helicopters:-5th place
Rotor Egg Drop-5th place
Nationals:
Helicopters:-17th place
Rotor Egg Drop-46th place
State: Shock Value - 8th place
Nationals: Helicopter Egg Drop - 6th place
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Regionals:
Helicopters-2nd place
Rotor Egg Drop-3rd place
State:
Helicopters:-5th place
Rotor Egg Drop-5th place
Nationals:
Helicopters:-17th place
Rotor Egg Drop-46th place
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Re: Chinook Helicopter Design
Correct, NO bonus points in the rules for Chinooks this year.
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Re: Chinook Helicopter Design
FYI... Last year Roy White's Chinook, video by Dave Zeigler..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWWpXVMFwWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWWpXVMFwWw
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Re: Chinook Helicopter Design
For those asking for the best blade shape, what you see in that video is the 'theoretical' best elliptical blades I've mentioned. I will, however, note that the best student's Chinooks outflew Ron's and that's going some, Ron is a VERY good, no that's not strong enough, World Class builder/flyer with MANY years of experience.
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Re: Chinook Helicopter Design
By winding extremely carefully and using decades of experience. He used essentially identical rubber bands on either side and wound them very similarly. Even with that, the downfall of his design was balancing torque/thrust. I never saw his helicopter come down straight, it always came down tumbling end over end.PHXcoach wrote:That was a beautiful flight, but I am still curious how Ron transfered the energy from the horizontal bands to the vertical prop shafts evenly.
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