We welcome you to inquire about our plans. These are professionally drafted utilizing a high end computer aided design system to ensure accuracy. Everything right down to the last tiny little set screw is modeled in 3D, creating a stunning array of possibilities for visualization drawings. Everyone who purchases plans will be granted access to a private discussion board for exchanging ideas and getting answers to your questions. Includes color photos, wiring schematics, detailed notes and descriptions of parts, even photos illustrating how and where to mask parts prior to painting.

We have a discussion forum for all of you who are building Heli-Chairs. We did not put a direct link on this page to the forum, because the dreaded web "robots" will index it and soon we'll be flooded with junk. Once you become a plans customer, you will receive the link to the forum where you can exchange ideas with other users, see what they have built and generally get a head start on your project. If you are a plans customer who has not yet found the discussion forum or you need help logging on, please contact us and we will help you out immediately!

Building a Heli-Chair would be a GREAT project for anyone with a desire to learn. If you are a student or a teacher looking for a new project to keep the learning going, let us know and we can help you out! The Heli-Chair will require skills in: sheet metal fabrication, welding (steel and aluminum), basic machining and lathe work, coping of tubing, electrical systems design, connectorization, soldering, crimping and bundling of wires. You'll come away with a definite edge having learned about many different technologies all on one project. To top it all off, your Heli-Chair will be useful as an instructional tool for countless other people. It may even be a research bed for a whole new project, such as a remotely piloted vehicle.

The average builder will likely spend less than a month of part-time labor building the Heli-Chair. There are many variables which make it nearly impossible to quote an exact build time or cost. You will need to be able to do some welding and basic machine work as well as some electrical wiring. You do NOT need knowledge of microelectronics. Typical costs are about $750 for the helicopter, radio transmitter and field gear, and about $750 more for the materials and components to build the 'Chair itself.

The electric helicopters available on the market today are satisfactory for the Heli-Chair setup, however it will be important that you find one with collective pitch and NOT fixed pitch. A fixed pitch electric helicopter will limit your learning as there will be no throttle control and you will not learn to govern rotor speed.

**Take a moment to review the buying options below. To use Google Checkout, use the dropdown buy-now menu at the top of the table. Your PDFs will take 8-10 hours to upload after payment is received and DVD's will be sent postal mail the following day. If you want to pay by check or money order, contact us by email.
$34.00

Mechanical drawings only, PDF format w/ video DVD, fully dimensioned with perspective and orthogonal views, basic bill of materials and annotations. With this package and a little imagination, you'll be having fun and flying in no time! All drawings are delivered electronically in PDF format. You will need to have us do the radio modification and purchase the "Basic electrical schematics" package also...unless you are a whiz with electronics! A basic training video and assembly video is included that shows you the same fundamentals that our customers who purchase an assembled Heli-Chair will see. Learn how to use the controls of the helicopter, see some of the details up close and generally get a head start.
$34.00

 Electrical schematics only, PDF format w/ video DVD, and worksheets for wiring the electrical interface including modification of a Futaba 7C radio. With this package, you get the added information necessary to do your own wiring and radio modification. This includes the Futaba 7C radio modification DVD, the techniques in the 7C DVD apply to ALL types of transmitter wiring including JR, RealFlight and others. Standard postal delivery is included with the price. The video shows you step by step the process that we undertake to take apart a Futaba 7C radio, modify the electronics and put it back together, leaving a nice external plug for interface with any system capable of generating analog voltage signals. *See the Futaba Modification DVD Preview at video.google.com!
$64.00

 Combined Mechanical and Electrical PDFs w/ DVD, Get all the content of both packages above at a small savings. We will either provide you with two DVDs or a single DVD that has the same content as each of the two separate discs (depending on eventual duplication methods).
** Save a few dollars! ** $-4.00 Skip a DVD, Subtract $4.00 from your price if you decline the included DVD.