aluminum control tube failed causing helicopter crash. The helo had an anodized aluminum control tube that failed in fatigue with less than 400hrs. The loading was low producing stresses in the area of 460psi. Discussions with anodizing folks say "Never anodize flight critical components" ...

Weather going to **** and I had to make the runway with winds blowing 40kts and cloud deck down to 200. what to do...WHAT TO DO.. and I remembered my old USMC instructor telling me to just go inverted and autorotate to get some altitude. Broke out on top, rolled right side up and continued to an...

Will there be a wake for RAR? Maybe an Irish wake? Stu Fields Experimental Helo magazine

I heard via the rumor mill that Bell has cancelled the 417. Also heard that Bell has crashed 3 of the new armed recon helos and the Army is concidering cacelling the contract. Anyone have any new on the above taopics?

Ay news on MD. Again I heard via rumors that MD was up for sale again?

Is it true that the Army is taking back Retired Army UH-1 Pilots to age 60 for active duty?

RotorWay International, based in Chandler, Ariz., has sold more than 900 kits for small homebuilt helicopters, and now is starting development of a certified version. "We see a large opening in the market for a larger, two-seat, 21st-century helicopter with a sensible price," said CEO Grant...

Got to watch a V-22 Osprey doing touch and goes today at KBFM. What a fun hour of watching that amazing machine making the transition from hover to forward flight and back again. Wish to hell I could get some stick time in that one before I hang up my licenses in the next year or two. Wish to hell...

I am about to start my private pilot helicopter course. I have been told that learning fixed wing first makes it much easier. I am not sure what to do as my heart was set on rotary but I want to do it right first time. Can anyone please give me feedback on this? Thanks Craig Campbell

have a 2" Gray and 2 3/16" Armstrong 3/4" drive sockets (About $50 ea) a snap on 12 point 2 1/4" (About $90) an armstrong 2" open end crowsfoot (About $30) $70 USD for the lot. located in Canada can mail no problem. about 10 lbs though have paypal

I found this: http://www.airscooter.com/pages/airscooter_main.htm Couldn't post a reply on the Super Skycycle thread. Linc

With any luck the clown who keeps posting his garbage re;Belfort will fall off a cliff or something and quit taking up all the room around here. Have seen his venom spewing on quite a few groups and wish he'd get the message we don't collectively care a whole lot. For the most part I ignore his...

Hi. First post here. Always got it in my head, decided to ask today... What if the body of a helicopter was built shaped with some tilt, as a "sail" or with a vertical controllable aileron by its bottom, or both; in such way that the downstream air flow from the main rotor caused the same...

Thought you guys might be interested http://www.videosift.com/video/Helicopter-Madness-A-Close-Call But why wouldn't he have kept some negative collective to keep it nailed to the deck?.... how far would the tips 'dished' down?.....not enough to cause the crew more worries than they already...

As a former employee of the U.S. Army Aviation System Command at NASA Lewis who was played into the position by CIA plants then thrown out of society resulting in my cleaning the Orange County Convention Center after the HAI( Helicopter Association International or HELI-Con or in my case HELL-Con)...

Does anyone know the manufacturer and/or the model of this grip pic http://whitesail.com/grip.bmp

Can someone point me in the direction of a decent parts distributer. I'm looking for a certian style of cyclic, and I'm struggling to find the part #

I would like to know what the cost per hour to operate a Hughes 269 might be. Only the operation cost not insurance or hangar or inspection. The time life items and gas and oil only operation cost ?

Hi, we are desperately looking for a R22 9-hole panel. Last year, Robinson had that assembly still on its price list. Now it disappeared from the list and one can only order a replacement - thus having to return the old one first. If anybody can sell us one, please tell us. We buy used, new,...

Anyone built/building one of these?