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Clutch switch position by Stuart & Kathryn Fields
A recent incident involving a Rotorway helicopter occurred. An accidental bumping of the clutch switch dis-engaged the clutch. The resulting autorotation resulted in a roll over and of course some significant damage. As I understand it, the switch was mounted in the overhead panel but the...
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June 29th 07 10:10 PM
by Steve R Go to last post
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Cobras Motorcycle/Gyro by boB
References: 2006042216351550073%kevin@orgheaderismydomainname ...
May 5th 06 12:00 AM
by boB Go to last post
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Cockpit Controls by [email protected]
Does anyone know who makes aircraft quality cockpit controls for fly by wire helicopters such as the NH90?
August 1st 05 02:14 PM
by Oh_Jeeze Go to last post
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Colin McRae AAIB Report? by Sla#s[_2_]
Anybody any idea what's happened to the AAIB report on Colin McRae's accident? It doesn't normally take a year to get a report out. There is nothing on the AAIB web site. Slatts
September 25th 08 10:50 AM
by Sla#s[_2_] Go to last post
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college or university rotorcraft pilot training courses by poncej
Do anyone know if there is any rotorcraft pilot training courses (including flying training) from colleges/universities in the area of philadelphia, also in delaware or new jersey?. the finalcial support i can get is better than if i choose a flying school... thank you
December 22nd 03 06:25 AM
by John Roncallo Go to last post
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Comanche at Ft. Rucker by Dan & Jan Hollenbaugh
If you want to see the RAH-66 Comanche, I just came back from the Ft. Rucker Army Aviation Museum, where we delivered aircraft #2 (S/N 95-0001) for display. Dan Hollenbaugh Former Comanche Test Engineer
May 26th 04 10:25 PM
by Dan & Jan Hollenbaugh Go to last post
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Comanche cancelled by fffasdef
www.foxnews.com Comanche cancelled by Army, announcement later today.
February 24th 04 04:22 AM
by El Gran Cantinflas Go to last post
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Come back to News group by Jonathan St. Cloud
Back in the 1990's this was a very newsgroup. But then we started to get hateful posts. It is easy to report posts that have nothing to do with Helicopters. Let's get good discussions again. Fly safe.
February 5th 16 09:01 PM
by Master of Ceremonies Go to last post
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Comm/Transponder/GPS by XBDT
Hi to all, I need some avionics in my chopper, any suggestions for other devices? I would like to buy: -Garmin Apollo SL40 VHF Comm -Garmin GTX 327 transponder (or do I better buy a mode S ?) -Bendix/king Skymap IIIC thanks for your suggesions and replies
September 13th 04 04:13 PM
by XBDT Go to last post
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Consistant trailing edges on rotor blades by 3D-Don
I saw something on TV a few nights ago on Discovery Wings, on the show "A Chopper Is Born". For those not familiar with the show, a guy from England is building an Exec helo and the build process is filmed and played back in half hour segments. Any who... This particular episode focused on the...
October 24th 03 06:07 AM
by Ken Sandyeggo Go to last post
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Continuing problems seeing ATCRBS transponders with Mode Sinterrogators by [email protected]
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...
September 23rd 08 09:47 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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control failure by Stuart & Kathryn Fields
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" ...
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April 25th 07 07:42 PM
by Don W[_2_] Go to last post
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Conversion of Huey to meet FAA certification standards by matt
Does anyone know if this is possible?
November 22nd 05 03:49 PM
by Brien Go to last post
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CPL(H) examination JAR-FCL by Henri Bernard
X-No-Archive: yes Hello, I'm looking for examination questions for preparation of CPL(H) examination (JAR-FCL) for - Performance - Principles of Flight (Aerodynamics) Greetings, Henri.
April 15th 04 12:12 AM
by Henri Bernard Go to last post
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Crash Data by [email protected]
This is according to the NTSB database and reflects helicopter crashes between 1/1/1999 and 5/11/2004 for the helicopter models mentioned only. Helicopter Total Accidents Total Fatal Percent Fatal =========== ================ =========== ============= Mini 500 7 2 ...
June 3rd 04 05:47 PM
by Rich Go to last post
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credibiltiy by Stu Fields
It seems that if there are two possible causes for a helicopter accident, the preferred one for the manufacturer is the one for which they have no fault. That certainly is the best for them. However, lets say that a low hour helicopter suffers a failure directly attibutable to fatigue. ...
February 20th 10 01:10 AM
by Stu Fields Go to last post
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Crop Dusting - NIGHT by [email protected]
Since the subject of night flying came up, I thought I'd toss out a little about night spraying with helicopters and airplanes. I've done both and prefer the helicopter. Both are OK when properly equipped but the airplanes move faster and take more time to cover a given field with their long...
February 20th 05 09:37 PM
by Stuart & Kathryn Fields Go to last post
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Crop Dusting with Helicopters by [email protected]
Since I seem to have stirred a little interest, I'll try to enlighten those who care to read it. I'm one of those fortunate few who get to do stuff that many can't even dream of or imagine with helicopters. An old friend of mine, corporate helo pilot with 12K+ hours did some ag flying with me and...
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July 5th 05 04:55 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Cross post - NASA/ARMY TRANSFER UNIQUE AIRCRAFT TO AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM by Tim Luton
Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington September. 11, 2003 (Phone: 202/358-1979) Peter Golkin National Air and Space Museum, Washington (Phone: 202/633-2374) NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-90
September 11th 03 11:14 PM
by Tim Luton Go to last post
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CRS: V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft by Mike
(for the figures and tables, I will post the url for the pdf once it is posted at www.fas.org) Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Order Code RL31384 V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
September 27th 06 04:44 PM
by Minnesota Fats Go to last post
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