Over the Easter period I was able to take a few days off from my busy schedule and go for a drive down the south coast region. Recently they put in a new highway that hangs off the side of the cliffs that not only makes this drive a breathtaking experience it also makes the trip a lot quicker actually cutting the driving time in half. I was headed to Stanwell Tops one of the best places in the world for hang gliding and I was going to get photographs of the gliders as they jumped from the cliff.
The wind condititions were not right for flying when I arrived and all the glider pilots were playing with their model planes and helicopters to fill in the time until the wind conditions were right. As I watched the various remote control helicopters one in particular caught my eye firstly because it had an alluminium carry case that I later found out was standard equipment. But once it was out of its case the clean lines and clever use of aluminium, fibreglass and carbon fibre together with an imaginative paint job made this one of the best looking helicopters I have seen in a long time.
The helicopter was the SJM400 and, while I have seen them before and flown them many times, this was the version 3 which I had not seen before and it is a vast improvement on the previous models. The rotor head and tail unit has been strengthened and this makes this unit far more stable than previous models. Further enhancement to the belt driven tail system through high tech machining has now made this helicopter a joy to fly.
The SJM400 is constructed on a carbon fibre light weight frame that caters for a multi-configuration battery mount support. It has a high performance 9 pole 3800KV Fan-Motor and fibreglass main blades that span 655mm and rotor span of 110mm. The cost of this unit is very reasonable for such a great helicopter but it does come without batteries or motor so that you can set it up exactly as you want it for your flying needs. I was really blown away by the performance of this helicopter and will be looking into getting one when I return home.
Thanks for visiting us here today at the blog and the Sheva research team at Turbo Helicopters is always willing to look into new remote control helicopters and toys and give you an unbiased review. If you have anything special you would like to request then contact Sheva by email at sheva@gr8riches.com or at her web site
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