The painted Cobra at our field in Army Green.	A close up of the nose with nose turrent.	Head on this is an mighty mean looking attack helicopter.
The painted Cobra with me, Al Wert.	Another shot of the Cobra in the grass.

I chose the T&T Engineering Aluminum rotorhead conversion using Xcell head components which is a great rotor head and was designed for direct replacement on Xcell helicopters. I strengthened the frames by doubling them, a hop up tip I got from an Xcell rep at the time. The original flexible tail drive was adapted for my custom low take off shaft and the Xcell tail rotor assembly was mounted in the elevated tail.

Its first flight was just incredible, to see a years worth of work to get the mechanics sorted out and it hovered rock solid. I was hooked, bigger is much better. Easier to work on as you can get your hands inside, easier to see when flying and nearly any scale detailing, accessories or parts can be added without losing performance.

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