Holy $#$ - eBay Copter

Dan wrote:
Flyingmonk wrote:
He gets A+ for creativity : ^). Dangerous yes, but I think it has a
better chance of 'flying' than the G1.

Here's the link:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?U26E215CB

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

Or yawn's BD-5J.

Oh I think Juanito's BD-5J will fly...
.... once. : -)

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

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kontiki wrote:

What is scarey is that is actually has one bid.

The guy who bid on it recently won auctions for an aviation headset, and
a video of ultralights in flight. I guess he's going to sit in the thing
in his living room, put on the headset, watch the video, and pretend
he's flying.

On 10 Sep 2005 11:38:17 -0700, "Flyingmonk"
wrote:

He gets A+ for creativity : ^). Dangerous yes, but I think it has a
better chance of 'flying' than the G1.

Here's the link:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?U26E215CB

Never has it been so easy to think of some positive comments. :-)

I guarantee he has the Surplus Center on speed dial.
Finally, a homebuilt that doesn't claim a 1000 mile range.
Perfect for Monster Garage to turn into a bass boat.

Not that anything could possibly go wrong, but the successful bidder
should invest in a good "flight" suit like this one
http://www.improb.com/news/2002/may/troy-new-suit.html

Wayne

The weight of the thing(looks very VERY heavy) and the suit that you
suggested will greatly contribute to pilot safety : -).

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

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Flyingmonk wrote:
Dan wrote:
Or yawn's BD-5J.


Oh I think Juanito's BD-5J will fly...
... once. : -)

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

It'll fly off a catapult on an aircraft carrier, but according to my
father, so will an old Chevy...

Tony

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:03:33 GMT, wmbjk
wrote:


Not that anything could possibly go wrong, but the successful bidder
should invest in a good "flight" suit like this one
http://www.improb.com/news/2002/may/troy-new-suit.html

Wayne


I keep thinking the POH should say something about decapitation.

Jim

http://www.unconventional-wisdom.org

"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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In article ,
kontiki wrote:

What is scarey is that is actually has one bid.


He actually had 2, but one for 5000 was retracted due to "one too many
negatives".

I hope no one has posted this yet...

I wonder if it would really fly. Looks like he used a steal frame, its
got to be heavy. He said he didn't create any plans. Just because it
"looks" like it could fly doesn't mean it will. My money says it just
shakes around a lot.

Doesn't look like there's any control on the rotor blades other than
speed. So it might go up and down but it probably isn't controllable.

--Rick

Rick: You are right. There is no collective control available to the
blades. This means autorotation is not feasible. Yaw control of the
coaxial ships is usually accomplished by differential torque on the blade
sets, which is normally accomplished by differentially changing the pitch on
one set vs the other. While I have flown several different experimental
homebuilt helicopters, I wouldn't want to be close to this thing with the
engine running and it tied down. I think that we have here another
potential Darwin Award candidate.

--
Kathy 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


"Rick Beebe" wrote in message
...
I hope no one has posted this yet...

I wonder if it would really fly. Looks like he used a steal frame, its
got to be heavy. He said he didn't create any plans. Just because it
"looks" like it could fly doesn't mean it will. My money says it just
shakes around a lot.

Doesn't look like there's any control on the rotor blades other than
speed. So it might go up and down but it probably isn't controllable.

--Rick

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:47:46 GMT, kontiki
wrote in ::

What is scarey is that is actually has one bid.

The screen-door turnbuckles in the next to last photograph don't
inspire much confidence in the execution of the design either.

Like the builder says, it'd make a good static display for a
motorcycle shop.