Helicopter with Bambi Bucket

[Super-Hornet]

Hi all

I was wondering anyone tried installing Bambi Bucket to helicopter before or not?
I thinking of doing it but can't figuring out how do the bambi bucket hold the water and how it releasing it?

Bambi Bucket by Starwood Scale Model

Real UH-60 with Bambi Bucket Video

[Attached photo showing "JestRR"'s home made bambi bucket]

SH

[UH-1H]

Why? U want to help indonesia combat their forest fire is it? We call it a heli bucket in SCDF..we have one..

[ammo]

Haha, gotta be fun!

I'm thinking of coming up with some release and drop mechanism for this weekend's Bishan FF

[Super-Hornet]

yah Lor... Want to help any country that has forest fire. Anyway, in other country, their funfly also include heli doing fire rescue also... There fire is from some burning container. Will be fun if we can do it.

Ammo.. good if u can come out that hold and release mechanism. I trying to find out how and try to create a DIY bambi bucket also.

SH

[Super-Hornet]

Here is the heli and the pilot:
(Thanks JestRR for the info and photos)

[CKS]

My release and drop box!!
looking for payload now .. anyone knows where i can get cheap para guy?

[Super-Hornet]

Poor old LiPoly charger box

Paratrooper... I think u should be able to find alot in Toy'R'Us. Maybe Popular Bookstore also have.

SH

[CKS]

Poor old LiPoly charger box

Paratrooper... I think u should be able to find alot in Toy'R'Us. Maybe Popular Bookstore also have.

SH

nope .. the lipo box has great honour of getting heli lift!
i tried popular, they sell it together with other science 'toy' as a package @ 19.90.
Maybe i should DIY parachute too.

[Super-Hornet]

DIY parachut... I remember last time when I was a small kid... I try it before. Good or not I can't remember liau:

Cut big plastic bag open.
Cut circle shape.
Tie a rope/string at each end
Tie the other end of rope/string to the soldier.
Throw and test. If parachut wobble, then cut very small hole at he middle of the circle.

SH

[loyn]

Hehe in the old day everything is DIY.......unlike now buy buy buy....

DIY is good as it is cheaper ......lost also never mind lor

good luck with your fun project

Oh BTW we did it with a slowstick yrs back .....fun

[Adrianli]

As for parachutes, seen it 3 times liao at different location.

1) Bishan - DIY plane with paratrooper.

2) Yishun Ave 7 - Glider with paratrooper.

3) During Jamboree - Raptor with controllable paratrooper.


Please do something else. Thks.

[oldmanflying]

let me give u a good tip.
if u happen to be at Fook Hai, there is multi story carpark across the road which is connected to a HDB blk, which i dont knw wat blk no is that. on the 2nd floor there is a shop that sell a lot of childhood toys. i found my younger days $0.20 worth paratrooper there.

try there, u will be surprise how this stall can make u recall most of ur childhood days...

my 2 cents

[CKS]

As for parachutes, seen it 3 times liao at different location.

1) Bishan - DIY plane with paratrooper.

2) Yishun Ave 7 - Glider with paratrooper.

3) During Jamboree - Raptor with controllable paratrooper.


Please do something else. Thks.

Sure, I bet Super-Hornet will come up with hes bucket soon.
I welcome suggestion too!
But i really wanna try doing the para drop lol .. have not really seen it tho ive been in this hobby for 4-5mnts already.

[Super-Hornet]

Hi CKS... how is your paratrooper trainning going on? Is he/she ready to jump out from your heli?

If u decided not to do paratrooper, well u can do other thing instead:
Get some small and thin balloon.
Fill them up with water.
Put balloon(s) in your drop box.
Then drop balloon(s) when doing flyover.

SH

[CKS]

Lol
thats a fast way to lost flying site!! if i miss-aim !!
will be trying paradrop this sat or so.

Hi CKS... how is your paratrooper trainning going on? Is he/she ready to jump out from your heli?

If u decided not to do paratrooper, well u can do other thing instead:
Get some small and thin balloon.
Fill them up with water.
Put balloon(s) in your drop box.
Then drop balloon(s) when doing flyover.

SH