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For a long time I drove by Rotorway in Chandler, AZ daily and would see
them flying all the time. I'd also see them at most of the AZ fly-ins. No direct experience but from what I've seen and heard they are towards "less peril" end of the scale. Michele |
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I like to add UltraSport, Dynali, and CH-7 and the Kompress to that
list. mini500 at bottom of list followed by G-1. |
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PittsS1C wrote:
Why can't people just answer the question if they know or be quiet if they don't... Those of us discussing fetters DO know and we were telling you so. His helicopter was quite dangerous. I will tell you from my years of working on military helicopters ranging from UH-1P to MH-60G that constant expert maintenance is required for safe flight. This means everything from the Jesus nut to the landing gear has to be constantly eyeballed. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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Where is there any purchase info on the CH-7 & Kompress? The EAA site points
to Lanceair.com but I couldn't find anything there even with an internal Google search. "Flyingmonk" wrote in message oups.com... I like to add UltraSport, Dynali, and CH-7 and the Kompress to that list. mini500 at bottom of list followed by G-1. |
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I don't know either, last time I saw anything about them was on the
SHnPGIE webpage by Glen Ryerson in PA. Oh I'd also like to add acouple mo The Masquito UL in Europe, The Moquito in Cananda, and the Dragonfly in Italy. |
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I observed Gil Armbruster building his mini500 from the day he wrote
his deposit check to the day that I went out looking for him and I attended his funeral. I usually stop by his hanger after my flights and shoot the breeze with him. I helped him with the doors for it too! Boy I sure mis him. I just go to the Hanger just to say Hi to him in my own way. Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone |
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"Morgans" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... For a long time I drove by Rotorway in Chandler, AZ daily and would see them flying all the time. I'd also see them at most of the AZ fly-ins. No direct experience but from what I've seen and heard they are towards "less peril" end of the scale. One thing for the OP to remember, is that the rotoway has an airframe total life of 1500 hours. After that, the airframe is junk. I don't know about the safari. -- Jim in NC The Rotorways seem to be the best designed kit helicopters, but I think "Best kit helicopter" goes in the same category as "friendliest NAZI". The guys in the hangar next door to me have built, bought, converted, sold, and/or owned 5 Rotorways, and all total, I've seen the skids off the ground probably 10 minutes or less. They used to trailer them to fly-in's under 50 miles away. KB |
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message ... "Morgans" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... For a long time I drove by Rotorway in Chandler, AZ daily and would see them flying all the time. I'd also see them at most of the AZ fly-ins. No direct experience but from what I've seen and heard they are towards "less peril" end of the scale. One thing for the OP to remember, is that the rotoway has an airframe total life of 1500 hours. After that, the airframe is junk. I don't know about the safari. -- Jim in NC The Rotorways seem to be the best designed kit helicopters, but I think "Best kit helicopter" goes in the same category as "friendliest NAZI". The guys in the hangar next door to me have built, bought, converted, sold, and/or owned 5 Rotorways, and all total, I've seen the skids off the ground probably 10 minutes or less. They used to trailer them to fly-in's under 50 miles away. KB If this is true, and it may well be, how do they keep selling the things? |
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wrote in message oups.com... For a long time I drove by Rotorway in Chandler, AZ daily and would see them flying all the time. I'd also see them at most of the AZ fly-ins. No direct experience but from what I've seen and heard they are towards "less peril" end of the scale. One thing for the OP to remember, is that the rotoway has an airframe total life of 1500 hours. After that, the airframe is junk. I don't know about the safari. -- Jim in NC |
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Jim wrote:
One thing for the OP to remember, is that the rotoway has an airframe total life of 1500 hours. After that, the airframe is junk. If a homebuilt is registered as "Homer162" or "JiminNC162f" as the manufacturer, I don't understand how a 1,500hr airframe limit is gonna be enforcable. The Rotorways are not considered the manufacturer's but parts suppliers intead. Anyways, not many of them have more than 300hrs total and 80%+- of that 300 hrs is hovering and testing time anyways, from what I hear. Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone |
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