Bell's future vision is filled with Tiltrotors (V-22, BA609, Eagle Eye). Boeing's future vision is filled with canard wing stop rotors's (Dragonfly). What is Sikorsky's future vision? Variable Diameter Tiltrotors? Refinement of the convntional helicopter? Are they working on any flying...

I do apologise for the intrusion... The subject of this posting is not nice... But I have a good reason to ask for professional advice (and I am neither a terrorist nor a common criminal): One of the most notorious criminals of Greece, managed to escape (again) by using a hijacked...

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?

From a Korean era Marine.......Semper fi Rocky

Hi Kevin, You didn't say, but I'm assuming that you were flying a R22, and not the R44. I've only done about 3 autos in the R22, but what you are saying makes sense to me, and was also the way I was taught. As long as you don't let the rotor RPM get into the red, you are fine, and the...

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

Is anyone building the ultralight Sparrow or the experimental Falcon from Vortech? Thanks, Dick ps-I fly a Zenaire Zodiac 601HD and am considering a gyro project..

Well greeting folks. Been a while since I made a post to the group so today is the day. Was just watching Daily Planet a daily Canadian science news type show and they were showing the Mosquito helicopter in action. http://www.innovatortech.ca/ Flying all over a field with the greatest of ease.

Does anyone know where I might find structural drawings for a UH-1? -- J Kimmel www.metalinnovations.com "Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum." - When you have their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow.

Hi - I'm looking at buying a helicopter and am looking at an R44 for reasons of its popularity, low entry costs and the fact that that is all I am licensed to fly. However if I could get a second hand turbine reasonably cheaply, I would be interested. What is the group's views of the Enstrom...

Chopper collision in Torrance Thursday, November 6, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (11-06) 16:33 PST TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) --

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote: Anyone got any good reccommendations for a helicopter kneeboard? This ASA unit I've got now sucks and my FlightDesk tri-fold gets in the way of cyclic and collective.. I take it that you wear it on your left leg. Have you considered switching legs? Is...

Hi, Kevin, I'm a full-time writer and (what feels like) a full-time student pilot in the Phoenix area, and enjoy your posts from both perspectives: they're a joy to read, and since I'm just slightly behind you in hours, they're always relevant. And I gotta tell you, your bad days are even better...

Hey any of you oldtimers know which will give me a faster cruise, forward or aft cg? TIA, Bart

Here's something I was reading: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996380 So beyond the mere claim of being more efficient, why would it actually be so? The claim of hovering for 4 days is quite a jump, when compared to Global Hawk. Is this even vaguely realistic?

Ok, I'm one of those people who has always dreamed of becoming a pilot and always thought "Nah that's not realistic, I need to get a job at a boring company and sit in a Cube all day staring at a computer screen". So 5 long years have gone by and now I'm actually realizing that I should have...

Check at http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=d32234c0-f8a6-4b1f-abcb-55336a505e2a&

I'm looking for the two gentlemen that came down to Virginia to help Gil put together the doors for his Mini500. I was there helping also and I would like copies of the pictures that we took together at the end of the day. I don't remember the names of these two gentlemen, but I do remember that...

Anyone know of a newsgroup for Robinson mechanics? Is there enough interest to start one? Tom

There's a 1979 Enstrom f28-c on ebay. The seller says it needs one main blade and both tail blades. I'm guessing this would at least double the $47k buy it now price? Any ideas on the cost of those parts? Yea, I'm still thinking about buying a helicopter. The winnings are doing well in my...