All of this reminds me of the first model helicopter that I saw flying,it was at Trentham Garden a waterplane display,then out came this little model called the 'DB Lark' it buzzed around between the trees,over the water with that doyen Dave 'Boddo' Boddington at the controls,no gyro,fixed head and all that but it was a first in helicopter engineering,only recently one changed hands for heavy money at an auction because it is considered a pioneer machine.
How things have developed from that simple fixed head to the all flying heads of today with complex swashplates.
That Lark must have been a nightmare to handle,MFA copied the design on some of their early designs,some of those kits were sold off by Maplins a few years ago ans someone thrust the transmitter in my hand to test fly it,it was dreadful and I was happy to get her on the ground again after a nerve racking test hover.
