HI Group I am new here, so I would like to ask what do you think of the ultralight helicopters? Is any one tried these? Paul J.

I'm not aware of any tip-jet helicopters that have made it into production. Please correct me if I'm wrong. At first the idea seems a no-brainer, no torque to counter, no gearbox, should result in a lighter & thus more efficient aircraft. I suppose the devil is in the details. Is the problem with...

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(sanman) wrote: I was reading about inflatable wings: snip So you'd be riding a sort of lightweight automotive vehicle along the road, and you could switch to helicopter mode, with inflatable rotors popping out on the top of your vehicle. Your engine would then power the...

On 27 Jul 2003 12:19:57 -0700, (sanman) wrote: Hi, I'd done some reading about pre-rotators for gyroplanes which can be used to give them a jump takeoff. I was wondering if any of them have tried using compressed gas to power the pre-rotator? I got the idea after...

Thanks for the memories of the good old Texas sun .. Maybe my memory has really faded but for the life of me I only remember the Hiller Killer H23s and a very few of the new Hughes Mattel Toys. If memory has not totally failed me the H23 had a button "Chinese hat" that was 4 way and we used that...

"...Liquified nitrogen gas can store a lot of energy, pressure-wise..." Not so. The reason people store N2 in the liquid phase is that the density is high so you store a lot of mass for little volume. Also if you keep it liquified you can store it in a lightweight thin wall tank. To keep...

The second printing of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" is still available. We were out of print soon after our October 2002 printing so it is good to have copies available again. We are also able to hold the original price, too. Military Aircraft designations catalogued from 1913 to...

Don't recall seeing anything here recently on the PHPA site. Check it out and see if there is something of interest for you. Lots of pro pilots and some students as well. Great place for an exchange of information and updates on different activities such as unionization with different companies....

"tex" wrote in message news:2DITa.133127$H17.45402@sccrnsc02... http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=1803 The pilot was a former Navy helo pilot with about 20,000 hours and had been flying for the company since 1992. Not a question about his expertise or...

First hover today. Oil leaks in drive system have been subdued. It was 108 degrees with 4,200' density altitude, so the aircraft does have some power.

We are looking to start a flying club with a Bell 47 D-1 if we can develop enough interest.

They were computer generated. Some of the differences in the movie was that they added endplates to the horizontal stabilizer on the tail and there was no cant in the vertical fin. I am sure that they had to make the differences so it would not be and exact replica for security reasons. But none...

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Can anyone speak to the problems and challenges that I might encounter in purchasing a OH-58A+ . I plan on using it for primarily for turbine training but was wondering if there were any income producing activities that could be done under the restricted designation. Thanks Peter

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I saw an awesome chopper in town today- a Huey. Though called a Huey, I believe it's a Bell job. The famous UH-1 series. Don't have a pic to show it. Sorry. Anyhow, where can I get info on that type of chopper? I'm interested in the series and defferences. Like the UH-1H. What's the...

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Hi everyone. The Dandenong RSL has acquired an Iroquois from the USA which has now arrived in Australia and which will soon be mounted on a display pole. It is 73-21763, construction number 13451. Can anyone help out with any history of this aircraft or even photographs of it when in service?