Starwood Scale Models >> Company >> Customer Showcase - David Langford's Vario Lama & Starwood's scale three blade rotor head system.

Just a small letter to tell you how fantastic your rotor head is, it started on a Friday morning when I received a phone call from the carrier to say that the rotor head had arrived and would I like to come and collect it. On getting to the carrier I was so excited that I opened it there and then, I could not believe how fantastic and real it looked, I think I stayed up all night just looking at it and drinking tea, I know this may sound a bit mad but its not very often in this hobby that something comes along so good.

Day one Saturday morning.

As you already know I have a large Vario turbine helicopter and work started on the assembly of the rotor head to the helicopter everything fitted perfectly, I mean your rotor head, your swashplate and your swashplate driver all your linkages and ball links all fitted perfectly, the Vario 2.5 metre rotor blades fitted perfectly and there was no problem with the length of the blades with the tail rotors there was plenty of room, when I had finished all this work and set up the rotor head it looked unbelievably real.

Day four Tuesday morning.

When I arrived at my flying field, it was a beautiful calm morning I prepared the helicopter for flight I carried the helicopter with my friend out to the flight line I stood back and looked at it with amazement, it looked so real with the blades drooping down, I started the turbine which started first time I took some deep breaths to settle my nerves, I hit the switch on the transmitter and spooled the turbine up to flying rpm, before lifting off the rotor blades were dead parallel, I increased the pitch slowly and the helicopter lifted off dead centre stick.

I corrected left trim slightly and the helicopter stood there rock solid in the hover with the extra disc diameter created by your rotor head and my helicopter being heavy it lifted it with no problem whatsoever, I started to move it around with left and right pirouettes I flew it away, turned it around with a gentle approach Al this is one beautiful rotor head to fly, it immediately has a feel as a fly bar rotor head, I flew on three separate flights lasting for 15 minutes each, at the end of the flying session my immediate evaluation of this rotor head is that it is so easy to fly, I am going to place another order with you for a second rotor head, I have always been a great admirer of the Hirobo big lama scale rotor head but your rotor head out strips this by a mile in flying characteristics.

Thank you again Al for a fantastic scale rotor head not only looks highly scaled but flies and handles so easily, everybody that has seen it have said how fantastic it looks. I have found the support from you second to none in purchasing this rotor head again thank you for this, please feel free to use this information any way you want to, including the photographs I sent you. Thank you for supporting me.

Regards,

David Langford.