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My Mikado LOGO Beginnings

 

 

I've only been flying heli's since Dec. 26, 1999,but like so many who stumble into the hobby, it certainly grabbed my attention. For most of that time, LOGO's have been my "main squeeze". I also have a CP Hornet for my "main" micro and also dabbled with a Voyager, Piccolo, and Robin 280. I only fly electric helicopters. I am not an expert flier by any means, but I know how to get a reliable, smooth, and powerful electric heli into the air. My current favorite maneuvers are waist-high inverted hover, stationary flips, and stationary rolls. I'm currently working on backwards flight and inverted forward flight. How did I stumble upon these excellent Mikado LOGO helis after only 2 months experience with an E-LMH? ? It's all Konrad Mayer's fault!!!! On Feb 1, 2000, he wrote to the E-Heli mail list: "In a few weeks, a new, improved version of the MIKADO Logo 20 will come out. In my opinion, one of the best e-helis." Fitz Walker wrote: "...And most importantly, how do they fly? Mikados are virtually unknown in the US. " Konrad replied: "The Mikado Logo 30 is THE Elektroheli in Europe ! I have one since 1994. The Logo 20 came out last year. The new version of Logo 20 (Feb 2000) is more flexible and will sometimes replace the Logo 30. A tuned Logo 30 won a drag race against (tuned) gas helis!" Helmut Felderer then added a bunch of info about how well his LOGO 20 and LOGO 30 flew..... I wrote: "I have gone full circle deciding what would be THE heli to compliment my LMH 110 and Piccolo. I started out thinking I'd get the ECO, then got excited about and almost ordered the Voyager. I then went through a period where I thought the Logo 20 would be IT. Now I'm back to looking at the ECO because I'm afraid of the costs with the LOGO:)" On Feb 21, Konrad replied, "Glen, The Logo 20 might be expensive, but in my opinion, it is the best eheli on the market ! I share this opinion also with Helmut Felderer. You probably know his famous pages. The Logo is not so expensive, when you take into account that you need no tuning parts. You can fly it as it is." That was the nail in the coffin and the LOGO was ordered within a month. Then I wrote a kit review as a pretty green newbie:) Then I learned and flew lots, answered a ton of emails, and entered into lots of discussions about my wonderful new toy. But mostly I flew, and flew and flew... with an amazingly reliable and low maintenance machine. Feeling very grateful, I sent this to the E-Heli mail list on 8/21/00: Greetings Konrad Mayer and Helmut Felderer, I just wanted to thank you both for pointing the way to the LOGO 20, a most amazing heli. My for flying/enjoying this heli has subsided a bit, but I have accumulated 176 flights (almost 18 hours) in less than 3 months:) In case you don't read the EZone, I wrote a review of the LOGO 20 at: http://rcgroups.com/links/index.php?sid=498277416&t=article&cat=198&id=3724 I just returned from a regional helicopter fun-fly where I was the sole "electric representative" amongst 60 odd helis. I never thought I would receive so many enthusiastic comments about the LOGO's performance from these people, with many of them saying in amazement, "I never saw any electric like THIS". It's been a lot of fun correcting misconceptions about the limits of electric heli flight:) Fitz told me that he has just purchased a LOGO 20, and has had a similar experience. I received 24 RC2400 cells the day before I left for the meet and "whipped up" a 24 cell pack to try out. It was nice to have some fresh cells for this meet, because the two 20 cell RC2000 packs I've used for all the previous flights could be getting a little tired, although I don't notice any significant change in them. The heli seemed to perform better with 24 cells - I think one could do continuous loops for a long time. I did 5 yesterday, and it felt like the heli would keep on pulling through more. Even with larger capacity cells, the larger pack size still gives me 6 minute flights, which accounts for the increased performance. I think that these shorter flights are entirely my fault, because of the way I'm flying. Most of the 11 flights done there were on this pack. The Shulze Future35Ho controller and Pletti 300/20/A4 H motor have served me well without ANY problems, and I have been torturing them:) With 24 cells the motor gets a little hotter, but I can still keep my hand on it after a flight. The controller was found to be warm once on a hot day, immediately after a flight:) Yesterday comments were made about being able to hear the nice, high pitched "turbine whine" above the noise of the glow motors, although it is not as loud. Despite the the awesome performance, I find it very satisfying to hover the heli nose-in a short distance away and listen to the quiet whir of the smooth mechanics without the howling response to high loads. Very quiet, very awesome. My wife doesn't know it, but perhaps she SHOULD be jealous:) Anyway, thanks again Konrad and Helmut, for showing me the way to a summer of bliss:)