http://w3n-a.blogspot.com/2008/11/slow-flight.html Slow flight could be thought of, by some, as a speed that is less than cruise. In pilot training and testing, however, slow flight is broken down into two distinct elements: (1) the establishment, maintenance of, and maneuvering of the airplane at...

Just letting you know about a yahoo group that is interested in using diesel. engines in Planes and Gyros. Some Planes already exist and are using diesel car engines. Like Dieselis/ Isuzu cast iron block going into production. Same engineer with a different plane using a 1.4ltr Citroen Jodel using...

I have seen a few Bell 47's lately and they look cool. Does anyone out there on this group own one? I hear that the model G or G2 is a good one and they sell pretty reasonable. How fast are they? How about altitude performance. Can a guy land them at 10,000 msl with a couple people on board...

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I got to talking with a buddy of mine today and he told me that the turboed Enstrom F-28F was a great ship. I want a personal helicopter for me mostly. My wife will go about 25% opf the time. I'd like to land it at 10,000 feet msl if it will do it, no big loads, just some groceries. How much do...

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I've been sending posts that didn't show up. I've been sending e-mails to folks that never received. I've been receiving e-mails that I couldn't answer. We just replaced the cmos battery so we'll see if this gets thru.. Stu Fields Experimental Helo magazine.

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.

POLTF: Problems Obvious to the Least Tutored in the Field. This is to be used with NHFY: None Have Failed Yet. NHFY is an industry accepted response to POLTF

Looking for copies of Ray Prouty's "Helicopter Aerodynamics", and "More Helicopter Aerodynamics", and "Still More Helicopter Aerodynamics". Stu Fields

PHOTOS: Rotorfest and PHL - October 04, 2009 Over 100 photos in this group. The highlight at Rotorfest for me was the Kaman K-Max and the Pilatus Porter jump plane. The clouds moved in briefly in the AM and gave us a short-lived scare, but they burned off. Plenty of copters and GA aircraft,...

How To Cut The Cost Of The President's New Helicopter. http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1380.shtml There's a simple way of eliminating all of the recently reported cost increase in the presidential helicopter replacement program: kill the more advanced version of the new copter and stick with the...

Continuing problems seeing ATCRBS transponders with Mode S interrogators Hey all, I work in, lets call it 'an associated industry' and we are still seeing ATCRBS transponders that reply to some interrogators, and not to others. At one time this was known as the 'P4 problem', sometimes as...

Anyone know the current status of the Neo helicopter kit by youngcopter? This is German built kit that looks a lot like the MD 520N. Their web site has not been updated since June 2008 and I could not find any info on the fight testing.

From the top it appears that way any how. just an observation mindya Jim

I saw an awesome chopper in town today- a Huey. Though called a Huey, I believe it's a Bell job. The famous UH-1 series. Don't have a pic to show it. Sorry. Anyhow, where can I get info on that type of chopper? I'm interested in the series and defferences. Like the UH-1H. What's the...

.....from R.L. Darling Mr. Chitwood, I have been following Rick Stitts misadventures for over a year now. I have a RotorWay Exec and a Helicycle helicopter and have two friends with Mini-500's that have the Stitt touch on them. One has had the re-built cones and transmission and the other...

Hey Can any one in here tale me, or rather explain to me how to hover ?? I have tried it in a R22, but it tilt / turned, every time. First I hold only the height, then height and pedals and that was OK, but when I should hold the stick, the helicopter flip. I have asked around, and the nearest I...

The second printing of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" is still available. We were out of print soon after our October 2002 printing so it is good to have copies available again. We are also able to hold the original price, too. Military Aircraft designations catalogued from 1913 to...