Chris Conley Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 (edited) Try to come up with a helicopter mock up for a big multigun match and need some ideas. Stage name is going to be "Randy, last pistol mag". Stage will be rifle/pistol with pistol loaded and holstered at the start. Start with rifle inside the helo. I have the material for the skin but need some pictures. Also looking for the do's and don'ts. This is a one time shot and I have to make it work right the first time or I'm not going to do it. If anyone has some pictures of a mock up, posting them here would be cool. Thanks for any suggestions, Chris C. Edited January 19, 2008 by Chris Conley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Before you go crazy, you might want to search for aircraft salvage yards and see if you can simply pick up a wrecked airframe of the real deal. It might not be as expensive as you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Talk to the guys at Tiger Valley, in Waco. They have a Huey mockup that we shot out of last time I did a 3gun match down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Santiago Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 For a small dose of reality, MUZZLES DOWN!!!! bullets through the floorboards, ok; bullets through the overhead..... very baaaaaad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Conley Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 For a small dose of reality, MUZZLES DOWN!!!! bullets through the floorboards, ok; bullets through the overhead..... very baaaaaad. Understand that and then some. To me that would be a DQ. I want to make it simple so that doesn't become an issue. The way the stage will be laid out all of the muzzle issues whould not be a problem I hope. Thanks, Chris C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmccrock Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Talk to the guys at Tiger Valley, in Waco Some of their photos at: Tiger Valley 3-gun match photos Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I bet this guy could help you out http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/homemade-helico...junk-313408.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 The one at Tiger Valley is now mounted on truck springs, makes it very interesting to shoot from. Any movement by occupants sets the thing to rocking. The team match had both precision and carbine shooting from the inside at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Conley Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 Thanks Imccrock for the link to the photos. Matt, thanks for the info. That's funny. Chris C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Ellis Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Try to come up with a helicopter mock up for a big multigun match and need some ideas.Do you want some actual dimensions to add some realism? It shouldn't be a problem to run off a copy of the dimensions pages out of the flight or maintenance manuals. What I have around are:Bell 206L-3 - Same doors as the TH-67. Bell 407 - Same doors as the OH-58D. Eurocopter EC-135P2+ - Military version offered by Eurocopter as the EC-635. Sikorsky S-76 - Military version offered by Sikorsky as the AUH-76. Sikorsky S-92 - Morphs are around with various designations. Understand that the minigun project off the back tailgate was successful. Bell 412 - Same doors as the UH-1. Out of our inventory but I should be able to find a flight manual around somewhere. MBB BO-105 - Originally designed for use by the Luftwaffe for tank busting. Out of our inventory but I should be able to find a flight manual around somewhere. I think that the 206L-3, 407. EC135. and BO-105 are too small to use in a match setting. The S-76, S-92 and 412 are the best bets size wise. As far as I know the S-76 and S-92 aren't set up well for out the side door gunning. The 412 is best for this. For runnin' and gunnin' out of a tailgate the S-92 is the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Conley Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Thanks Hank. If it would quit snowing and warm up I'd get to building this thing. Chris C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Ellis Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Thanks Hank. If it would quit snowing and warm up I'd get to building this thing.Chris C. I'll go ahead and run a copy of the BHT 412 dimension pages and convert it to PDF. PM me with your email and I'll send it along. If I can find a flight or maintenance manual somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Ellis Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Available for downloading is Chapter 6 of the BHT 212 Maintenance Manual. The side sliding doors starts at STA 92.0 and ends at STA 166.0. The bottom of the door is at WL 22.0 and the top is WL 71.48. Making the door 74" wide by 49.48 tall. 212.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Conley Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share Posted January 27, 2008 Thanks Hank for all the help. Chris C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Conley Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 Here's a pic of the helo frame. Paint and nose soon to follow. Fabric was put up to give us some kinda idea of what it would look like. Chris C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Conley Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 Here's the two miniguns that are going in the crew windows. Real pain in the ass to make these. Trying to get the barrels lined up was the hardest. Come Halloween next year these are going to be mounted back on the 3 gun cart for trick or treating. Chris C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
askomiko Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 There was a video somewhere of a "helicopter doorgunner" stage, where there was a seat bolted into a side of a van. Stage is shot while the car is moving of course. Muchos fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911vm Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Try to come up with a helicopter mock up for a big multigun match and need some ideas. Stage name is going to be "Randy, last pistol mag". Stage will be rifle/pistol with pistol loaded and holstered at the start. Start with rifle inside the helo.I have the material for the skin but need some pictures. Also looking for the do's and don'ts. This is a one time shot and I have to make it work right the first time or I'm not going to do it. If anyone has some pictures of a mock up, posting them here would be cool. Thanks for any suggestions, Chris C. This may sound funny but the best prop I know is a van the last match we used it as a helicopter slide door open that activates swingers engage targets from a sling just like the real thing. Vlad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Conley Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 That sounds like a blast. Chris C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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