battery driven (4 x AA).
Altitude and direction are subject to control. The Apollo Space Shuttle
could be picked up by using the hook underneath the helicopter - clever stopping,
landing, starting and turning the helicopter mediated realistic feeling.
Depending
on the direction flying - the helicopter always turns that way.
The always stretcher could be taken out of the rear section. The helicopter is
either Yellow or Blue - the
hook on the blue version made of blue plastic or tin
at the yellow version.
Both motors - in
the helicopter and underneath the base - were "Made in Hong Kong"!!! The
rods were used for altitude control and power supply towards the motor
inside the helicopter. Moving the power lever at the front control "just
a little" lets just the rotor rotate - if you push it further the base
starts to rotate as well. Thus hovering or flight could be simulated.
Known deficiencies: the main- and tail-rotor fixations
often missing (broken off) - the plastic pivot underneath the helicopter
is broken - the stretcher or Apollo capsule missing - the lid showing
holes because the rotor axis was pressed upwards by base internal spring power.
Seize: 470 x 240 x 100 mm Novelty
in 1970
the original box - always showing the yellow version -
always shown with a blue plastic pivot
the yellow Rescue Helicopter
the blue Rescue Helicopter
the control panel: at the red
position the rotor starts to rotate and thus allows to hover, at the
blue positions the basis start to turn as well and lets the heli fly.
The blue level controls the altitude.
both known versions in comparison
and the yellow
helicopter - showing the stretcher and the "rescued person"
little bag with all the original accessoiries
"How to handle..." on both sides of the box.
One side in German and English, the other side explains in French and
Italian. The altitude control lever is shown in red - on the "real"
model so far only seen in blue. 1/2 battery compartment (2 x AA) is
serving the rotor - the other half to turn the base..