Is there anyway to clean up this news group? We used to have some "rockstar" helicopter guys contributing! But as of the last few years the newsgroup has become a place for selling watches and complaining about instrument companies. I miss the useful information exchanged!

I've heard for sometime that the R-22 is harder to fly than the little ultralite Mosquito. This past week end I took a 1/2 hr ride in an R-22. In my opinion the cyclic in the R-22 with its lack of feel or any kind of force feedback is at least an order of magnitude more difficult to adjust to...

Just back from Bensen days and Sun'n Fun. I flew (hover taxiied) a 254# legal ultralite helicopter. I was amazed at the lack of any tendency to depart to a foreign zip code. The little Mosquito Air felt more stable to me than a Bell 47. At Sun'n Fun John Snider demonstrated several autos to...

Vertigo disturbance is very tortures and hard to be told well. We take a pity for your illness of vertigo and I expect that you are going well immediately. We hope all the sufferers of this illness will heal as soon as possible. The following are probably some advices: What should do to minimize...

Could we all try to cut down on the Murphy references. Thanks , John Murphy Helicycle N727X

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I just had a strange one. I have been balancing my rotor system using a DSS balancer where I would get the ips and phase angle measurements, turn the rotor to the angle with respect to the photo cell described by the phase angle information, then sight over the velocimeter and add weight to the...

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Just got my Baby Belle out of its condition inspection, and had a couple of hours on it doing tracking and balancing and general hover practice when the local airfield had a special on fuel: Normally $4.60/ gal was $3.60 for the day. I lit her off and half way there the MR chip lite came on...

I'm selling off a bunch of stuff a field mechanic would have need of. AS350 Spares box with Orings starter brushes and nuts etc for As350, Honeywell switches, metric sockets. Line plug for particle separator for ground runs.1/4" socket set 206 Nozzle socket, ceco crowsfoot and idle wrench, 7/32...

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Nick has been offered, and has accepted the position of Senior VP for Engineering and XWorx confirmed by those working at Bell's XWorx plant!!! There has been 'discussion' between the parties on this for some time, but apparently it has finally been approved and accepted! -- Message posted using...

Does anyone have a performance chart for an Allison T63A700 (C18) engine?

Someone posted a note on rec.aviation.piloting asking about rotor IFR minimums to which I responded. How many here are rotor IFR rated? I got my rating back in the 80's and the CFII/R in 1990?

what do you guys think of that outfit ? are they a school that's worthy of consideration ? they run tv ads ! never seen a flight school EVER run tv ads !

Ever had an actual one? This board is so freakin dead and boring I left months ago. This is another attempt to revive it. Any takers? I've had several actual in flight emergencies in helicopters worldwide (in addition to the phyxed wing side) and survived them all. how about yor stories? Ol S&B

Hey Ol Shy & Bashful are your rotary wing interests pretty much restricted to the pilotage aspects? Are you interested in the aerodynamics and maintenance details? I've been seeding this NG trying to get something cooking for some time and haven't found either the right seed or the right...