Hello, I'm trying to identify a hydraulic fitting I don't recognize. Photos and description can be seen online at: http://www.turbinefun.com/Unknown_Hydraulic_Fitting.asp Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Larry

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Helicopters/1043.htm Is this where the UFO (kit gyro) people got their idea? The Monk

If you were there, you know what I mean. If you weren't there, I'm sorry. The first annual, they are already planning for the next year, Central Sierra Helicopter Meet was a resounding success. 13 helicopters showed. Schweitzers, Bell 47, Baby Belle, Ultrasports, Helicycle, a Scorpion II and both...

The rear transmission support on a UH-1, is this one support mostly for the twisting action of translational lift ? Or is it more of a vibration or shock unit. As it is only held in by (8) -3 bolts it hard to think of any real support.

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The Golden West Fly-In is coming up June 8-11 at Marysville CA. It should be a good one as they have gone out of their way to solicit rotorcraft participation. Gyros and Helicopters will be welcomed and supported. As the Rotorcraft Chairman I am available for information and details. -- Stuart...

Some friends bought me a really spiffy coaxial RC helicopter for my birthday. Holy canoli these things are a stinkin blast! A little humbling at first too, it took me a while to figure out the trim hickamajobs, and flying one without it being trimmed is damn near impossible. I crashed pretty...

A Russian helicopter crew turned into a real emergency when the chopper crashed. The accident happened today at an island between Russia and Japan when an amphibious helicopter landed in the water and tried to take off again. The chopper tipped over and its rotors hit the water, breaking it into...

Landing a heli on Everest at 29,035 ft? And it's a regular single turbine AS350???? http://www.eurocopterusa.com/Media/News/NewsDetail.asp?ID=329 I didn't think they could get that high, let alote hover or take off.

Can you get liability insurance for the Helicycle? If so, how much would it run in ballpark figures. What do you do with your Helicycle. Do you fly over 100 miles in it or do you just fly within a short area. I am interested in the helicopter, but one seat and limited range make me think twice. ...

I am considering buying a Bell OH-58 for aerial application. Most OH-58's I have seen for sale are currently in the experimental category. How would I go about getting it placed in the restricted category?

Here's one for the pros: I was balancing my tail rotor and had it down to 0.27 ips and still had just a touch too much weight where I had added it. So still needing to safety wire a bolt that is located in the center of the tail rotor output shaft, I chose to safety it to a hole 180 degrees from...

Bonjour, je me sépare d'un certain nombre de cliché originaux papiers de constructeurs. des 13 x 18 cm ; des 15 X 21 cm ; et des 28 X 22 cm Aerospatiale, Sud Aviation : Djinn, Alouette III, Puma, Super Frelon SA321F... Bell : Huey, UH-1B , AH-1G Huey Cobra , UH-1 Iroquois

Dear, I disperse a lot of original builder pictures Size 13 x 18 cm ; 15 X 21 cm ; and 28 X 22 cm Aerospatiale, Sud Aviation : Djinn, Alouette III, Puma, Super Frelon SA321F... Bell : Huey, UH-1B , AH-1G Huey Cobra , UH-1 Iroquois

I am looking for a best practices doc from anywhere re helicopter work on power lines. Anyone?

Greetings, I just purchased plans for the Little Wing, and am trying to get an idea of how many of them are flying. I really like the idea of a tractor configuration, but there just aren't many of them around. Thanks, Rusty

Over on the rec.aviation.military forum a discussion got around to the doppler effect and/or helo rotor blades, and the following exchange took place: ------------------------------------------------------ if the air reaches M 1.0 going over the thickest part of the airfoil, bang!. Whop,...

I'm back up in west central Minnesota for the season. Looks good and plenty of work with nice big clean fields to spray. Helicopter just came out of a 1200 with new engine/trans/blades and misc other high speed parts. What a great way to finish out over 40 years of crop dusting/spraying. I find the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AS3bVqcq_0&search=helicopter Looks like a two seater (tandem) CH-7 Kompress. Anyone with details on this flight? Monk

Hot hot hot up here in Alberta. Lots of fires, lots of planes in the air. As the subject says.... 3 bell 206 helicopters have crashed within the past few days, and 2 pilots have been killed. Speculation has been made that high temps on the ground have made take off and flying difficult..... and...