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Why do I offer a totally free service to build, rebuild, repair and/or set up any radio controlled helicopter ?

Well, from my own experience, there are many new pilots (newbies) that have real problems in setting up a collective pitch helicopter for the first time (or even afterwards.)  Equally, some pilots do not want to be involved in the building or repairing process, preferring to just spend their time flying them, and are happy to have someone else who will handle builds and repairs for them.

ABOUT ME

I am based just north of Blackpool in Lancashire, so if you are ever in this area, please feel free to drop in and have a cup of Tea or Coffee with me in my workshop/hanger

I am a recently retired guy who has been flying R/C helicopters for around 18 years now, going back to large nitro choppers and even gassers such as the Kalt Baron, Schluter Champion, and the smaller Kyosho Concepts.  I am also a licensed UK General Aviation pilot with around 1500 hours of P1 time logged in various different types, and have around 8 hours logged on Robinson R22 helicopters as a student.

I found very early on in this hobby that I really enjoyed the building side of it almost as much as flying them, and that led me to experiment with different helicopters to improve their performance. That was no real surprise to me as I had been a performance and competition car builder for many years, and have raced many types of cars over the years

I nowadays fly mostly electric helicopters such as the Esky Belt CP, the CopterX 450 SE V2 and the Trex/Align 450.  I enjoy scale building and flying rather than 3D, but can set up a collective pitch helicopter to fly best in any way you prefer.

Because I am retired, I have lots of free time, and what better way to fill it than to help other helicopter pilots while doing what I really enjoy doing.

THE DEAL

It is very simple indeed, you send me your heli, together with any spare parts you may have if you feel they are going to be needed, I will strip it down, check it for all possible damage, report my findings back to you, with a list of parts needed and costs (if any) I will then order those parts with your authority, fit them, and perform a full mechanical setup plus radio setup if required.  Unless asked not to specifically, I will usually put training skids on your heli for additional safety initially, and then test fly it to ensure it is setup as well as possible to meet your style of flying. finally I will return it to you in the original box by whatever means of shipping you prefer (at your cost).

I do NOT charge you for my time or expertise, only for any parts that are needed that I am asked to purchase on your behalf and of course the cost of shipping the helicopter back to you.

If however, once your heli has been repaired by me, you feel you would like to donate something to the Heli-Hospital, please check my contacts page and use the Direct Bank Transfer details you will find there to donate whatever you feel is appropriate.  All donated funds are used SOLELY to fund the Heli-Hospital.

If you have crashed your helicopter, I usually ask you to let me have it in it's crashed form, rather than after you have stripped it all down, as this gives me a much better chance of assessing what other damage may have been caused, and ensuring that any other possible hidden problems are identified early.

Providing that any parts required can be obtained in a reasonable time scale, most rebuilds take around a week or so to complete.

I try to hold a reasonable stock of general small parts to avoid having to necessarily purchase expensive assemblies when you very probably only need a small part of it. 

I also gratefully accept any donations of any heli parts, from cap bolts, nuts and washers to any other parts that are in good condition, or parts that can be stripped down to provide bits that can be added to my stock of spares.  If you have any such items, PLEASE consider letting me have them rather than ditching them or leaving them lying around gathering dust.

If you feel this service might be of interest to you, please email me in the first instance at :

chopperaddict@chopperaddict.co.uk  

You can also SKYPE me a text message as netcplus

CLICK HERE to see some pictures of my workshop


HELICOPTER TUTORIALS

In case you are (still) not aware, I also have quite a few tutorials (in PDF format) that I have written over time covering many of the skills involved in the hobby of building and flying helicopters.

These can be downloaded by following this link...


COMING SOON

Pictures of the range of helicopters I have in my own hanger


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