These Kyosho Helicopters were made in Japan.
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- I've been flying Kyosho Helicopters since they first became available in the USA. I spoke with Aki Suzuki of Kyosho recently and asked why not still import them. He said they were too expensive to export to the USA! Well I loved them and still do. Enjoy some old school flying and stay safe.
Dave - Věda a technologie
Love the pics of flying RC rocking the skates and a sweet mount ache. Old school cool
Thanks much. I still skate every Sunday at the Rink at 75.
I recently visited a friend of our local hobby shop named Ray who it turns out was responsible for the Heli flying scenes in the film Small Soldiers (1998). He used a Nexus 30 but put in a .46 or something for some extra lifting power. At one point there were 3 or more 'soldiers' hanging off the helicopter, which were highly detailed animatronic characters claimed to cost like $15,000 each. They had him flying thru windows into a house and right over flame effects that strongly effected the lift and made it difficult to fly straight. As a kid, I must have watched the VHS tape 100 times, mainly to fast forward to the Heli stuff haha. Small world we live in!
Right on. That is great to hear. Make sure to see my Blue Thunder videos. We did the first heli loop and I blew up the F16’s in the movie. Thanks.
If you pause the video around the 4:00 mark, the heli looks short and like it is wearing roller skates like you were back in the day. :) Thanks again for sharing your videos.
I've been flying Kyosho Helicopters since they first became available in the USA. I spoke with Aki Suzuki of Kyosho recently and asked why not still import them. He said they were too expensive to export to the USA! Well I loved them and still do. Enjoy some old school flying and stay safe.
Dave
Hello NightFlyer. Anyway I can possibly send you an email? I checked your website but I could't find one.
Dave, Thank you so much for what you do. Stay Strong and Safe. As always, thank you for your service and for your supportive wife.
Thanks so very kindly. You do the same. We appreciate you.
Dave , excellent old school flight ¡
Fantastic to see the old Kyosho Helicopters flying. I have a collection of 20+ right from the tiny Convert through to Concept 60 and really love those old girls. Keep up the good work Dave...!
Great to hear that from another Kyosho Addict. Thanks kindly!
My first and last rc nitro helicopter, I still have this beast for the most part. Whilst trying to learn in my back yard, the wind blow it up into the air and struck my arm. Got scared every since, now 20 years later I regret stopping the learning process. I would love to try again but I'm eye vision is so bad I'd lose orientation in no time once it escapes too far away from me. One of my life regreats =[
That is a bummer. I actually had one break 4 bones in my foot, but never gave up, as painful as that was, but I can relate. Today you can fly helis and learn them on the simulators I have made videos on. And, there are lots of small helis you can learn on that are electric. Never give up. Thanks.
Good morning Dave, from me to you I say: "Keep up the good work and many ways ya say, to fly Kyosho helicopters in the good old USA." Oorah!
Thanks a lot Bud. You were there and saw it all. Semper Fi good friend!
Long history of these helicopters.
Greetings from La Paz BCS Mexico.
So true. Thanks much, Manuel.
Ah yes, I remember flying that old bird! Not only was it quite an honor for me, but it was great fun too. It was windy as heck then as well, which made me all the more nervous. But, she has weight and mass, which made her a very stable bird in the air and eased my anxiety after I took her up. I will never forget that as long as I live. Thank you sir. 🙏 Hi to Ilea! Semper Fi.
Thanks very much. It was great having you visit. I appreciate you. Stay well too and semper Fi.
I just love your videos Dave! Keep flying!
Thanks for another great video Dave
Thanks so kindly William.
I watch your videos since i was a kid, keep up with the good work!
I really appreciate you. Thanks very kindly!
A very awesome job on the flight the only helicopters from kyosho I had the pleasure of learning on &flying was the Concept 30 SR that my uncle owned and learned on as well in which he also thought me how to hover with too cool helicopter indeed!
That’s great. My sr is now my night heli with my home made lighted blades. That has been a very good one too. Thanks very kindly.
Great video Dave. Brings back memories or my first Kalt Baron 30 heli from early 90's with the OS 32 Max and then JR Ergo 30 and Ergo 60 and Raptor 50 and Raptor 90 SE heli which was my last nitro model. Not many flying Nitro in Perth Western Australia these days. Seems to be electric or Gasoline. Ron, a local heli pilot is 84 years young and loves it still.
Those are all great Helis. Same here. Seems that Nitro is too complicated for today's pilots that want self flying helis. LOL. Thanks much and say hello to Ron for me.
Great video Dave wish there were more like it on here things have changed so much over the years and well it's like your video's are from the past love it hope all is well and you and your family are doing good in these trying times................
Thanks so very kindly. I appreciate you.
@@NightFlyyer Your welcome and i appreciate you and the content you make........
Thanks for the history lesson!!👍
Your welcome. Thanks for watching.
Awesome video , great flying ! I didn’t know the nexus could fly that good I’m excited to get mine in the air !
Great.. Good luck and happy flying.
Awesome. O bought a old kyosho caliber 5 just becuse of your videos. Its just about ready to get in the air. Never flown nitro or a flybared heli before 😆 greetings from sweden
Fantastic. You will love it. If your already a heli pilot you will love the change, but make sure to set the engine a bit rich. It is not good if they quit in flight. Thanks and good luck.
@@NightFlyyer thanks for the tip. yeah i have been flying for a couple of years so that part i dont worry about, im guessing the caliber 5 will be a gentle bird compared to my modern ones. hoping for some more heli videos. ! /Sebastian
I think by 3D they mean the non "3d" helicopters were basically limited to one orientation "2D", the inverted position added the 3rd.
I know that’s what they meant but the scientific definition of 3-D is that if we are just standing here, we are in 3-D even when not moving. Thanks.
I have a kyosho concept 30 in mint condition. It needs the upgraded blade grips and new electronics as it still has the mechanical gyro in it. Haven't been able to find parts so it's a static model
It would fly fine on the mechanical gyro. I know it’s hard to find parts but if you don’t crash it you won’t need any. 😉 it would be hard for me to take mine apart to make a setup video plus don’t know of many folks it would benefit today with the almost self flying helis on the market. There aren’t many of us old timers around like me that can do it. If you have any questions about it, place them here and I’ll try to help. Thanks very kindly.
I remember looking at the Kyoshos in the Tower catalogs back when I was a kid....Concept 30, 60, EP, scale fuse., etc. All I ever wanted. I owned a Nexus a few years ago but could never get it to fly right (never had any power, could barely get it off the ground). I am in no way doubting you, but Suzuki's PC, corporate BS line of "too expensive" is garbage. Kyosho got pummeled by Thunder Tiger in the mid-2000s. Hirobo and JR pulled out of the US market because they couldn't keep up either. Thunder Tiger is pretty much dust now as well. Align is now the leader.
Maybe so, but I think it was the Chinese market that had a lot to do with it, as that is where Align is manufactured.
I have a Kyosho Concept 30 hanging in my shed. Only been hovered once, then put away wet. I know the engine needs cleaned and new bearings installed. I got spare blades and parts ( canopy) with it. I don't know as if I will ever fly it.
Wow. That’s a shame to just hang. Hopefully you can restore it. Thanks.
I got a new one of thos that has never been in the air. Whould love a vid about setting one up from scratch. I have a dream of flying mine some day.
Not sure how I could make a video to set it up without taking mine completely apart. But if you have any questions ask them here and I will try to help.
Send it to nightflyyer. Let him put it together. That way we get a video out of it.
I have two of these and also had a Kyosho EP Concept SR electric heli. Love 'em. If you don't mind, what main blades are you using in this video on your Nexus? Great video by the way.
These are Zeal 550 blades. I cut them down to 500 and balanced them so they do not hit the tail rotor. Thanks much.
Another great video Dave! You still fly really good. I have a couple of these Nexus now, and have a couple questions.
What do you do to free up the links on the plastic balls? Most all of mine have too much friction.
Is that 550 i see on the blades? 520's are a bit harder to come by, what blades do you use?
When I was more active back in the 90's, 2000's, several pilots flew the Concept SRX with great success, when the Nexus came out, they considered it a step down, an entry level heli. Was that Kyoshos intent with this model?
Cheers
Well, The Nexus was supposed to be an easier and less expensive version of the SR. My night Flying Helicopter is an SR and it flies very well. I have used 550 blades on the Kyoshos, but cut the tips down, so they do not collide with the tail rotor. They work great. I have a ball link tool that cuts out the inside of the link to make the ball bigger. It looks like a ball with a slight blade on it. Otherwise, I use 3 in 1 oil on them. Here's a link to the one I have. Happy flying and thanks for the comments. www.amainhobbies.com/lynx-heli-3mm-plastic-linkage-ball-reamer-tool-lyx2502/p665198?gclid=Cj0KCQjwgo_5BRDuARIsADDEntS1tNAregwjJJ9zi7OPu0ehf-P9rPyFTeujimBiYVADEiEUn8TZ2BcaAmP4EALw_wcB
Dave i know that look on your face! i have the same face after a flight with a helicopter! but aeroplanes are my thing! i am thinking of becoming your neighbour and our two flying widows would get along so well! they would have to because they would never see us! cars, boats aeroplanes etc bring it on! take care my friend ..alan.
Haha. That sounds like a plane. If you can handle the wind and winter, come on up. Would love to fly with you.
Hello love the video could you tell me what blades main and tail you used thanks
Thanks much. I am using Zeal Blades, but had to cut off 1 inch at the tips, so they wouldn't hit the Tail rotor. Those are stock blades on the Tail rotor.
Hello Mr Dave I love your videos , I bough a old used concept 30Dx I can’t find main blades for it , can you make a video on how to adapt 12mm blades to 8 mm rotor grips with the washer I really don’t have an idea of how to do that, thanks in advance and keep the good videos up!!
Get Nexus forks. the original concept blades had no root thickness, and modern blades have like a 12mm root. Also the original blades were foam board, which I wouldn't try to fly with today, or wood, which may very well be warped by now. you can use newly manufactured Align 520mm carbon blades with the Nexus forks on your Concept, but in order to make that work on mine I did have to sand the backside of the fork lightly so the plastic didn't rub into the hub.
My experience of the nexus is that it was poorly constructed and suffered from slop in the rotor head components.
Well I never had that problem back in the day and I can compensate any Slop with my fingers, as you can see.
Hello Do you remember the I think it was the Kalt whisper an electric helicopter from 90,s
Yes I sure do. I had and now have the very first electric helicopter called the skylark eh 1. Made several videos of it. Never bought a whisper tho.
Hi Dave,
I have a Kalt Whisper and will some day get a brushless motor for it. That was some nice flying. Did you do a video on the Shuttle with the pull start engine? Hi to Ilea. Both of you stay safe.
Hi Don. Yes I did make a video on the pull start you sent me. Thanks much.
Hi Dave,
Found the video. Just didn't go back far enough and I had already watched it and left a comment. Guess memory is starting to go. :-)
@@DonDegidio I know the feeling!
what blades do I use for my Nexus 30?
I am using 550 Zeals. I cut 2 inches off the tips, so they wont hit the tail rotor.
@@NightFlyyer , can't find the Zeals, any link to them? And thank you for the imput. One comment on this page said use the Align 520's. I ordered a set of those, not here yet, 70 year old virgin nitro heli, 50 years of nitro planes and car's. any thought's on the Align 520's? got the Nexus 30 over the weekend, gave $40 for it with transmitter, without blades, one side of head bent, have already ordered one new, one used.
@@rickbond9192 There are many here. www.hawk-creation.com/index.php?route=product/manufacturer/info&manufacturer_id=64 Just probably need to trim tips so it is no longer than 525 mm. Good luck with it.
Hi im wondering wether u can helo me out setting the kyosho 30 on my futaba 8j
Not sure. I am not familiar with that Futaba. Ask me your question and I will answer, as far as settings, like servo reverse, etc.
@@NightFlyyer do you think I can use latest gyro than the mechanical gyro, as it require a independent battery
@@vinnyp8574 Absolutely. I have installed several simple rate gyros in my vintage helis and they work very well.
@@NightFlyyer also the ccpm setting do i just need to set it to h-1 is basically like one servo works all 3 in 1 control ?
@@vinnyp8574 For head control, I am just using 3 servos. Elevator, Aileron, and Pitch. It is called normal on the Spektrum TX.