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Don't know if you would be interested, but I have seen these fly at Oshkosh and they were pretty cool. They had a bare (no body) version and a nicer looking bodied version.
They were under 30K in price. http://www.innovator.mosquito.net.nz/mbbs2/index.asp
I would love to build one, but I just can't get past the whole spindly rotor of a helicopter vs a fixed wing. (I have done all sorts of "crazy" hobbies/sports: skiing kayaking, motocross racing, car and cart racing, ultralights, experimental aircraft etc etc, but skydiving and helicopters just seem wrong to me for some reason ) Call me a woose if you must . (I hope Lendaddy does not read this!)

I have rode in and had stick time in helicopters and someday I intend to skydive a couple times (to make it less traumatic should I ever need to bail while doing aerobatics), but I guess I only like deadly fun when I am in control of how close I am to the edge. The chance that a chute might not open or a rotor will fail, while rare, just seems too much out of my control to be ok with.



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