Just to prove its possible.......

[pchristy]

For those of you who didn't wander up to the scale end at Charmouth......

My 30-odd year old Lark, flying WITHOUT a flybar and with NO electronic stabilisation....







And yes, it IS a handful.....!!!



Pictures courtesy of Tony Verth!

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Pete

[Gate88]

And it was pretty blowy too!!!

[scoobystig]

hi

would dearly like some more details on this
as me and my dad have a mk 2 lark and we cant get it in the air

[Boggy]

bugger i missed this ! i saw it on the floor pete but didn't realise you would be flying it.

[Steve]

Is that the Marsh Mallow man sitting in the front?

[gazelle341]

Thanks for posting these pics Pete.

It's great to see any pioneer machines still doing what they were designed for.

Mick

[electricsceadu]

pete its looking good

gazelle
not quite as old as petes lark but here's another oldie
a morley bell 47 mk3 mechanics from around the mid/late 70's with an electric conversion flying in a scale comp in 2009

[Butuz]

Haha those are both awesome!!!

Butuz

[BaRoN30s]

hi

would dearly like some more details on this
as me and my dad have a mk 2 lark and we cant get it in the air

use photoshop its ace with things like this... LOL

only joking pchristy its looking well for a 30 odd year old heli

[pchristy]

Boggy: I must admit that I waited for the wind to drop a bit in the afternoon before attempting to fly it - and I didn't keep it up long! Its like learning to fly all over again!!!

Steve: The pilot is Snoopy! Everyone knows that Snoopy is the World's Greatest Helicopter Pilot!!!

Electricsceadu: I had my Morley Bell 47 there as well, and flew it several times on Saturday. No pix from Charmouth I'm afraid, but here's some from the Scottish Nats this year....





Scoobystig: There's really not much to go wrong with a Lark, but there are some hints and tips I can give you. Firstly, do you have the instruction manual? The recommended pitch setting in the book is 6 degrees. I always found this a little low, and use 7. However, this is measured from the FLAT BOTTOM of the blade! If you are using a modern pitch gauge, this will measure across the middle of the blade which is about 1 1/2 degrees less! Using a modern pitch gauge you should be setting about 8 1/2 degrees.

This should produce a steady climb at full throttle. You don't want it going up like a rocket, or you will never get it down again! It takes some coaxing even at moderate pitch settings!

I've put up a page of hints and tips at the Vintage Helicopter website (link):

Peter Christy

If you need any further help with it, PM me!

And good luck!

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Pete

[Allan]

it's great to see older heli's flying