Robert Roland wrote:

On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:40:00 -0500, "Pete C."
wrote:

One of the major Japanese companies (I forget which), makes a rather
large RC helicopter (blade span like 8') which is popular for stunt
photography and big enough to carry like a good sized payload of cameras
or whatever. Cost comparable to a nice new car, i.e. not at all cheap,
but not astronomical either.

The Yamaha RMAX. I've heard they are very hard to find outside Japan,
due to some very strict export restrictions.

That sounds like it. I saw one on display at a video production expo.
Nice little toy.