MIA House Fly (2001)

The 'House Fly' was developed and original made available in 2001 as a DIY kit; this was popular but having to make some components from 'scratch' was not what the market really needed and so for 2002 it was made available as a complete kit along with the Hughes 300 body.

Jan 24 2202 Mesa, Arizona USA.

House Fly making a record duration flight of 20 minute continuous flight on a three cell lion pack.

There was also a 'tethered' option for running off a rechargeable 12 volt battery though the motor had to be allowed to cool off after a 15 minute session otherwise the motors quickly burnt out.

For 2002 additional models of the House Fly series were also available; Metal Fly, Super Fly and Barless Fly - no details held on these versions...???

MIA H-300 (2002)

The House Fly was popular but having to make some components from 'scratch' was not what the market really needed and so for 2002 a complete kit was marketed along with the Hughes 300 body.

Rotor diameter was 12 inches and weight approximately 5 Oz with onboard battery and was designed for a basic four channel transmitter with micro servos; recommended battery was a 9.6V Nimh or equivalent Lion cells.

Priced when introduced $150 for the kit.

Control was by a normal four channel radio utilising a separate 2 Amp ESC (speed controller) for the main rotor and the tail rotor; preferably with mixing capability so that the speed of the tail rotor would change with the speed of the main rotor.  The gyro (rate type only at that time) would help to 'calm' the model down when operating the 'throttle'.  However, it was also possible to use on onboard special mixer for speed control, or a combined unit that also incorporated the receiver, mixer and gyro all in one.

The advent of the 'Heading Hold' gyro changed the control requirements in that no longer was a mixer needed for tail control as the gyro would keep the model aligned irrespective of the 'throttle' setting; thus a reversion to the 'basic' set-up was all that was thus required with these gyro's.