Owners Gallery - customer submitted photos of Audacity Models products.

"The grin says it all", explains Thomas Burgess of Saint Petersburg, FL when he sent this photo of him kneeling by his Pantera 50 and then goes on to say, "What a great flying helicopter!"

 

 Indianapolis' BJ Nichols says, "I had Canopy FX apply this super creative paint scheme to the canopy of my Tiger 50 because it's both highly visible and fits in with the name."  We think it looks grrrreat!

 

From Cranbrook, BC comes this great photo of Shayne Hoecherl lifting off his T50 against the spectacular backdrop of the Canadian Rockies!  By the way, Shayne volunteers with search and rescue forces of British Columbia and is involved with full scale helicopters as well.

 

Check out the subtle orange/yellow fade scheme on Michael Cecil's Tiger 50 canopy and fins!  This is but one of many photos we receive where fellows ditch the supplied decals in favor of spray paint.  All we can say is this is one classy paint job!

 

Taylor Collins concentrates on close-quarters hovering in his backyard.  The training gear equipped Tiger 50 is even more stable than usual because of the resulting lowered CG (center of gravity).  Notice how the sharp looking paint scheme he's applied to personalize his model simply flows from the windscreen - sweet!

 

Nakia James chose the Funkey-brand Hughes 500 fuselage to transform his Pantera 50 because, as he explains, "The mechanics are so versatile I can upgrade the engine later to a big block OS70 for a better power-to-weight ratio.  Also, I like the fact there's a place to mount a needle-valve control servo molded right into the side frame because it makes adjusting the fuel mixture in the air easy."  She looks sweet Nakia, good job!

 

Randy Wallace used off-the-shelf Rustoleum-brand spray paint on his Tiger 50 canopy, "Both because it's expressly made for painting plastic and it's easy to customize the sleek looking canopy", he explains.

 

When he's off duty as Chief Engineer aboard the private motor yatch Northern Light (inset), Maurice Blier flies his Tiger 50.  "I selected her because I appreciate fine quality machinery." he explains, and goes on to say, "My Tiger 50 is quite the world traveler too.  I've had her in many parts of the world like Capri, Positano, and Sarento in the Mediteranean as well as all over the Carribean."  He also says, "I fly her all the time because she's fun, draws attention, and is both smooth and easy to handle."   We couldn't say it any better Maurice!

 

 

Ever the artist, Jeffrey Stairs of Wallingford, CT lives to march to the beat of a different drummer.  Sporting an incredibly wild looking green-flame paint job, the canopy of his Tiger 50 can never be mistaken for that of anybody else.  We stand in awe of the effort and all we can say is . . . WOW!

 

Rogelio Applewhite of Brooklyn, NY looks on a little nervously as his friend Eaton test flies his Tiger 50, but there was nothing to fear because the ship flew flawlessly!

 

Opting to keep things simple, Dan Pope of Luverne, AL painted the FRP (fiber reinforced plastic - AKA fiberglass) canopy of his Tiger 50 a bright red.  Then he finished trimming her out by applying some of the standard decals, and as simply as that he had a unique appearing model.

 

Wearing his trademark grin, Billy Hemple of Tucson, AZ is best known for his giant scale activities.  "Believe it or not, I fly model helicopters to keep sharp with the big birds!" he says, and continues with, "I prefer the Pantera 50 because it's precise in the air - more like an airplane actually - because unlike some others I've flown, the Pantera doesn't zoom or tuck in high speed flight, it just tracks true.  Billy goes on to explain, "My family owns the Hobby Barn so I can fly any model on the market, but I picked the Pantera because I didn't want a complex and time consuming to repair and maintain carbon fiber heli.  To be blunt, I need to devote nearly all my time to my business, so for me, the Pantera's rugged engineering-plastic construction is something of a no brainer.  After looking over the field, and flying everything available, the Pantera stood head and shoulders above the rest in my eyes because of its very simple design and honest flying characteristics."

 

Standing behind the counter at Spratt's Trading Post, Thomas Spence of Hillsdale, MI poses with his Pantera 50.  An enthusiastic modeler, Thomas has even made some custom aluminum parts for his Pantera to include a great looking hex-design head button for the optional PDR0045 aluminum rotor head block.  Presently, he's trying to figure out how to stuff a .91 four-stroke into his Pantera . . . and knowing him, he'll succeed too because he doesn't know the meaning of the word quit!

 

Jacques Maries of Pardubice, Czech Republic believes in keeping it simple because he painted the canopy of his Pantera 50 in classic black!  In case you're not familiar with it, Pardubice is an important industrial city (founded in 1340), which lies about 60 miles east of Prague.

 

Jason Dorie of Petaluma, CA fuels his custom painted Tiger 50 before launching her into another flight.

 

Jim Van Skoyk of Tucson, AZ painted his Tiger 50 canopy in red and black then used some of the stock decals to finish trimming her out and ended up with quite a classy looking model.

 

Kneeling behind his Pantera 50 just before another flight, Nick Crego of Ankeny, IA poses with quiet pride as behind him, a John Deere harvester at work in the business of feeding the nation, goes at it.  What a beautiful flying site!