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Old September 27th 06, 05:04 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.piloting
Mark Hickey
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Default Flyboys Movie: the aircraft

Charlie wrote:

Ron Wanttaja wrote:


They *did* have an actual rotary on a stand, in one of the ground-maintenance
sequences.

And to *really* pick nits, when the maintenance guy rotated it, it
looked like it had the mass of an 18" fan blade & no compression or
friction resistance. :-)


You kiddin? They went so far as to simulate bad rings on the "bad
motor". Gotta be impressed! ;-)

Mark "photorealism" Hickey