Huge heli with GPS auto-hovering

[nic]

Check this out:


http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global...max/index.html

saw it mentioned in rcuniverse.

Some facts:
1) built in starter
2) built in generator
3) built in engine cleaner
4) 246 cc engine
5) MAX Payload 28kg
6) Main rotor: 3115 mm
7) Tail rotor: 545mm -- almost the size of R30's main rotor blades
8) Flight duration 60 minutes
9) AUTO HOVER - using GPS (just release sticks and it hovers)

Takes 2 men to lift and load it up to a vehicle.

[glenn cain]

yeah, its quite an old project, at least since last year. could even track specific heat signatures of prisoners and keep sentry, i think

[Brandon Chng]

that thing is mainly for industrial use...like dropping insecticide on crops. that thing is HUGE man! twin cylinder two stroke heli engine too... heard it costs someting like $50 000 for a set of two helis. real hard core. i've seen a vid of cutis youngblodd doing piroflips and inverted hovering with that heavy bird.