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Rotorway, anyone else?
Just wonder if anyone else here is into vertical flight ...and maybe a proud owner of kind of wind beater.
what kind how long your mistakes.......oooops LOL
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Have 23 hrs in, never finished. Got too expensive.
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11-18-2013, 02:14 PM
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still in the garage ?
or do you mean logged flight time?
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11-18-2013, 03:31 PM
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Bill is Dead.
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I fly fixed wing, and also fly a Jetranger.
And I work on planes and helicopters. The Rotorway has intrigued me for a long time. I still am on the fence about it. I've heard the pre-fadec engines were underpowered for "real world" flying. One of the hurdles you may have to overcome is finding somebody to teach you in it. Many flight instructors will not teach in an amateur built aircraft.
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Flight time logged in R22.
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11-18-2013, 04:19 PM
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I am on my second rotorway.......LOL
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I worked and flew in choppers for many, many years.
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I have almost pulled the trigger on a Rotorway 162F with a solar turbine engine.
D.A. is a killer on the gas engine Watch this...John Spurling's JT300 Turbine Rotorway Startup - YouTube
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11-18-2013, 05:14 PM
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Turbine is the way to go
How ever $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Its an other 35000 or so......
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That's a helicopter for you.... Too expensive to continue, too much money pissed away if you stop now.
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11-19-2013, 07:59 AM
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I build FAA approved flight simulators, I have a lot of hours in our simulators but have never flown a real helicopter.
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11-19-2013, 02:23 PM
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I have 7 hours in a Schweizer 300. I started when I knew I was getting out of the Navy a few years back. I need to stop thinking about starting again and just do it. I really enjoyed flying. Couldn't for the life of me get the theme song to Airwolf out of my head while I was doing it though.
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11-19-2013, 03:39 PM
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I keep hearing "Run through the jungle" when I fly.
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11-19-2013, 07:02 PM
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He should have just sat it dwn.......I can see the blades funneling,
Hear the engine dropping RPM......... He had some clues.........
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Yep... No matter what your powerplant type or airframe manufacturer, low rotor rpm is going to make for a long day of picking up pieces. That being said, some helicopters are more susceptible to bad-day-syndrome.
If you are going to fly a piston-powered helicopter that does not have FADEC or an automatic governor, then you better be sharp on your power management.
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Many thousand of hours in all types of fixed wing and helicopters.
Most of my flight time in in all variants of the H-60, including Blackhawks and Jayhawks. I have hours in the CH-46, Jet Ranger, CH-53E, AH-1 Cobra, Apache, Hughes 500, H-2 Sea Sprite, H-3, Gazelle and Lynx. I wouldn't trade a second of my time in helos for anything else.
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