Well Shiver here's one man's opinion. I was down in Florida and stopped by
the Dwight Younkin's house (Dwight does the fiberglass work for the
Mosquito). He said he was going to fly the next day and I decided to stick
around and get some photos for the magazine. He took the little bird around
the pattern several times and then landed and asked me if I wanted to try
it!!! I was sure that this guy was nuts. He had taught himself to fly the
Mosquito without any prior helo time. I got into the ship and the checkout
was: "Engine 6,000, and EGT1600, have fun" He backed away and I cautiously
began the lift off. We were setting on a slight slope in a grassy field
with clumps all over. Hell I know these ultra lites are going to be
skittish as hell and I haven't got bunches of helo hours, but I eased the
little bugger off the ground and DAMN & VOILA it was very stable and easy
to steer. In less than 15 sec after lift off I began to hover taxi the
little ship about the field. No problem it responded nicely and firmly;
set it down and picked it up several times to be sure that the first time
was not just a fluke. Got it close to translation but with only 15 minutes
time in the bird decided not to put it in the air. The first time my flite
physical is in doubt and I might not even wait for that, I think that I
might just buy one to keep my Safari company. I personally think that John
Uptigrove, the Mosquito designer, has really scored a good one. People who
have flown the R-22 and the Mosquito claim that the Mosquito is
significantly easier to fly than the Robbie. John doesn't know why that is
true, but his experience agrees with that comparison.

Stu Fields
Experimental Helo magazine
P. O. Box 1585
Inyokern, CA 93527
(760) 377-4478
(760) 408-9747 general and layout cell
(760) 608-1299 technical and advertising cell

www.vkss.com
www.experimentalhelo.com


"Shiver" wrote in message
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Well greeting folks.

Been a while since I made a post to the group so today is the day.

Was just watching Daily Planet a daily Canadian science news type show
and they were showing the Mosquito helicopter in action.

http://www.innovatortech.ca/

Flying all over a field with the greatest of ease.

Available as a kit (ultralight) for about 25 grand.

The segmant on this show detailed how an American company had seen
these advertised in a magazine and had contacted the Canadian owner to
offer a fiberglass shell to kinda pretty it up.

So a deal was struck and a weight of 63 pounds for the shell was agreed
on the and rest is history.

It sure looks sleek and sweet flying across that field.

The website shows one on floats..... Woo Hoo.

Wonder if they have a two seater in the offing.

Anybody ever seen one up close and personal.

Been in one - flew in one........ Own one.?????

As for an engine by the looks the main engine used is a
Compact Radial Engines MZ202 according to their website.

Looks like the site could use a bit of an update.

Mouse around it yourself and see what you think.

I realize it has been publicly demostrated at OSHKOSH etc.

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