I'm just having more fun than should be legal and it probably isn't if I look far enough into the County, State and Federal statues, but I am never-the-less. I have pretty much followed the Cafe numbers for header length and the 4-into-one collector. Keeping in mind friendship to my...

Does anyone know where the kickstarter is for this group? stu

I'm looking for a castellated socket 2" OD with 6 tangs, splines, whatever they are called. Needed to disengage the yoke nut from the top of my rotor mast. Google just runs me back and forth thru India, NSW and other places. Anyone know of a source? Stu

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...

Well after a year on the ground, which started out to be just a condition inspection, a 1800 sq ft building expansion got in the way, my bird took flight yesterday. After extensive re-rigging and checking to insure sufficient negative pitch to allow autoroatation, I carefully lifted the bird...

Is there anyone out there? I have been dissatisfied with my trailer that I'm using to haul my 1,000 # helicopter around. It is basically a car hauler that I've stripped the springs down to 1 1/2 leaves and put soft car tires on it to make the ride a bit softer. Even with the reduced springs,...

American Sport Copter the US source for the Ultrasport series of amateur built helicopters is closing it's doors. By December 31 it will be no more. If any of you need or can forsee needing parts, act now and contact them for whatever is left of their inventory. Part of their problem was the...

I recently purchased the Sears "Professional" Lithium batteried driver drills. I purchased two because I was in the process of erecting a metal building. The batteries and charger worked good but the keyless chuck on both drills exhibit what I call "Auto Loosen". I have several other keyless...

There is now a dealer in South Africa for the Aerokopter. He has written what I think is an excellent article on test flying the Aerokopter for the SA Flyer magazine. Unfortunately, Aerokopter is not presently interested in providing the ship as a kit and sells them complete only. Present...

We recently received an article for our magazine where the author performed a balance of his tail rotor on a bench using an electric motor and a dial indicator instead of an electronic balancer. I was impressed with his thinking outside the box. If there is any interest in this out there, I...

If you were there, you know what I mean. If you weren't there, I'm sorry. The first annual, they are already planning for the next year, Central Sierra Helicopter Meet was a resounding success. 13 helicopters showed. Schweitzers, Bell 47, Baby Belle, Ultrasports, Helicycle, a Scorpion II and both...

I've been sending posts that didn't show up. I've been sending e-mails to folks that never received. I've been receiving e-mails that I couldn't answer. We just replaced the cmos battery so we'll see if this gets thru.. Stu Fields Experimental Helo magazine.

Central Sierra Helicopter Meet was a grand success. There were a couple of R-44s, several R-22s, Two Bell 47s and two Jet Rangers. With all of the certified clutter out of the way, there were two helicycles flying, several under construction showing the various aspects, a Mosquito flying all...

Just got word of a Piasecki crash that involved Joe Pike and to other people who were on board. Joe had re-stored the twin rotor ship. Initial data seems to indicate an engine failure with the ship hitting power lines and burning. Joe was an outstanding wrench and pilot. Joe did a BFR for me...

I'm looking for a used shoulder harness inertia reel believed to be a Pacific Scientific part nu. 0108900-101 or -109. Stu Fields

Anyone know of a transponder that can have the codes switched from a remote set of switches and a remote Ident button? I guess I'm asking if there are access points in a connector where this could be done, or has some whiz already done this? My helicopter likes it when I keep my hands on the...

Anyone out there?

Looking for copies of Ray Prouty's "Helicopter Aerodynamics", and "More Helicopter Aerodynamics", and "Still More Helicopter Aerodynamics". Stu Fields

I just found the following rotorcraft chat group that does delve into some of the engineering problems dealing with rotorcraft. I found it to be an excellent source of information. It is /www.eng-tips.com and look for rotorcraft engineering. Stu Fields

I have heard that there is a down loadable application for the Iphone that can produce 3 axis vibration measurements and store them for analysis on my computer. EEK!! I said "How Much" and the guy said 499. I said sold!! $500 is cheap for that capability and the guy said "No $4.99"!!! I'm...