This is the title of a very interesting site
of particular interest to model helicopter enthusiasts.
 The site belongs to Dr. Joćo Freire, or 'Viper'
as he is known on the net and in the model heli world, and who hails
from Brazil. 28-year old Joćo and his wife, Roberta, are both
regularly to be seen on the international heli competition circuit and
Joäo's name and cheerful face frequently pops up in the heli modelling
press. He is, I believe, twice F3C Vice-Champion of Brazil, gained
second place in the F3C competition at the South and Pan American
Championships held in Uruguay last March and certainly flew in the 1999
World Championships in Poland.
 Although
Helimodelling is clearly a commercial site, it is also something of a personal one,
as Viper offers various services but at the same time uses the site to
share his personal enthusiasm for the sport. His opening page, shown on
the left, portrays a selection of fine cabin paint jobs, this being one
of the services he offers. You can also see a close-up of
some his recent handiwork on the photo
gallery page.
Other pages linked to the home page, are movie
pictures, texts, links, products, tips and speak to Joćo Freire
and across these you will discover a host of interesting heli-related
things.
Viper's products include videos, fuels and an
interesting range of protective covers for those precious model
helicopters, with individual covers being available for the cabin, main
rotor, horizontal stab, rudder, and tail rotor. The cabin cover retails
at US$20 whilst all the others are priced at just US$7 and
the full set of covers is available for US$45 - all prices
excluding freighting costs.
The movie pictures page promises some
interesting video, including some night flying for which this man seems
something of an expert. Unfortunately, I was unable to take a look as I
didn't have the required Real Player to view the footage and my attempts
to download the software failed!
There are some interesting topics covered on the
texts page, too, where the FA1 manoeuvres are set out; other
subjects include Is it hard to fly model helicopters and Relative
Control.
Visit Helimodelling at
http://www.helimodelling.com
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