On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 09:57:46 GMT, Richard Lamb
wrote:



Chris Stubbs wrote:

Hello everyone
I'n new to this newsgroup, my interest has been sparked after comming across
this website http://www.prismz.com/helio/ they claim to sell plans to build
your own chopper, does anyone know of similar sites?? Or have anyone made
something similar?
Regards Chris


I know of maybe a hundred homebuilt fixed winf aircraft.

Heard a rumor of an od Scorpion helicopter somewhere in town.
Never seen it tho.

Lone Star Helicopter is the only amature built helicopter I've
ever seen in real life.
But I've never seen it fly.

Rotoway Exec near here. I've seen it fly quite a bit. I've also seen
the owner put in a *LOT* of work.

One day the tail rotor belt became a bit loose and started slapping
the inside of the tail cone. He set it down a bit too
enthusiastically and bent the boom... He fixed it and is back in the
air.

I don't know that much about choppers, but being some what chicken in
my old age, I'd stick to commercially manufactured ones.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)

Draw your own conclusions...