For those of you unaware the FAA has issued an emergency AD (2004-06-52) on March 18, 2004 that requires any R22 blade older than 10 years may no longer be used. The basis for the AD is questionable. Little if any documented research was done to verify that the age of the blade has any effect on...

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 !

Hello everyone, I bet this has been covered many times before, and I apologize for asking yet again. I further apologize for the long post. I'm one of those new, soon-to-be pilots that needs a lot of advice. I thought if I gave a bunch of information, some might see how serious I am and might also...

Politics and payback aside, is anyone else upset by the fact that the Navy chose a less-safe, lower-performance helicopter to carry the President of the United States? For starters, the S-92 and EH101 were designed a generation apart as far as flaw-tolerant design and birdstrike and turbine...

Ive got a few hours several years ago in R22 and a 47 and want to continue transition. Is there any interesting training or simulator software out currently?? Im not looking for a career, just personal use Rocky are you still watching this group?? regards JB

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When designing rotor systems, you have to keep the tip speed subsonic to prevent all sorts of problems and losses that would otherwise occur at the sound barrier, right? What about large turbofan engines such as on modern airliners? The fan tips must be travelling at many orders of magnitude...

Poultry in Motion wrote: This is as clear as I can make it: "Ask Dennis to identify *the Mini-500 prototype* for you." Ok, ask me. What do you want to know about the "Mini-500 prototype". It was the first Mini-500 I built, so it was a prototype. What point are you trying to make? Please just...

hello I just finshed to build the aw95. I am glad to talk to people which are also buidling this helicopter. regards stephan

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...

I didn't see any helicopter info on mrfizzix. Here are a few links that have a little bit more. However, the FAA helicopter handbook is probably the most...

I recently tried a pair of Marathon flat free wheelbarrow tires to replace my pneumatic tires that had developed the habit of slowly leaking out the air. @#$%^ The rolling resistance was so great I couldn't move the helicopter by myself. In fact even with my wife's help it was very hard to get...

Hi all, Believe it's soon the weekend of Culdrose airshow. Anyone going? In fact, some web pages quote the 19th, others quote 16th. I thought it was on for 2 or 3 days? I'm in Cambridgeshire, so it's a bit of a trek by road. Anyone from my area dropping in by air? I'd be interested in hitching a...

Hi, Can someone point me to any official accident statistics that would demonstrate the relative accident rates of various classes of certified and experimental helos? Specifically I would want to exclude any accidents that were pilot error or failure of maintenance. and only consider accidents...

Hi there! I am looking for a list or a library of Disk Loadings and Power Loadings for some rotating-Wing Aircrafts (especially VTOLs). I have found some peculiar data on V22 Osprey (different DL in a site and in a book??), so I wnted to make sure... I need them for a research (comparisons...

I wanted to let folks in the group know about a free e-mail newsletter some may find of interest. The Transportation Communications Newsletter comes out Monday through Friday and has a rundown of news items and other information related to all aspects of communications in the transportation field,...

A Google search didn't turn up anything so let me appeal direct. Some years ago I saw a vendor selling a little plastic toy gyrocopter at a PRA Fly-In that flew much like a kite in the wind at the end of a line. Over the next couple years I saw the same toy at EAA events such as Lakeland and...

Just wondering!

There are 3 episodes that cover the entire story - June 30, July 7 and July 21. Tonight's episode covered the beginning - concept development and the beginning of fabrication. Wait 'til you see the completed bike. I have photos of it from the final shoot at West Palm - really cool. Dan...

Will there be a wake for RAR? Maybe an Irish wake? Stu Fields Experimental Helo magazine