The “big Schweizer 300C” from VARIO is a 1000 size scale helicopter. Hughes Helicopters is the creator of the man-carrying version and later licensed Schweizer Aircraft Corporation.
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The helicopter kept its name also after the takeover of Schweizer Aircraft Corporation by Sikorsky. The single, three-bladed main rotor and piston-powered S300 is mostly used as a cost-effective platform for training and agriculture.
This RC HUGHES-300 helicopter has a rotor diameter app 2.2m with a take-off weight: app. 15 Kg, and is powered by an electirc engine.Electric motors are quiet, low in vibration, without exhaust gases and residual thrust.
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The blade slap noise sound of the rotor blades is more noticeable than with other types of propulsion and the result is a true-to-life impression in flight.
- Model: Hughes-300 / Schweizer 300 C
- Engine: Electric
- Scale: 1/4
- Rotor diameter: app. 2.20m
- Take-off weight: app. 15 Kg
- Pilot: Dennis Engel / Vario Helicopter Teampilot
