First of all i want to say hi all of you because i am new here and i wish that you accept my apologies about my mistakes. I am currently studying aeronautics and i am very intrested in mechanic of helicopters and helicopter aerodynamics. But while i was surfing on net i realize that i can not find...

To me the gyrocopter principle seems to be much cheaper (and safer?) than the heliocopter. Why has development of medium and larger size gyrocopters stopped? And smaller are also very few? Joachim Colling www.collings-system.se

Hello, I plan to fly trough the staates by plane this year and would like to try a little helicopter- flying too. Who has done this before and can recomand the area / shool. Frank

Greetings from Edmonton, Alberta Canada. Where it is a balmy -8 degrees Celsius. Best wishes to all.

Erickson offered me a position yesterday and I wanted to know if anybody had any feedback on them as a company or employer. The manufacture the s-64E and F model sky cranes. Lorin

Try this test to see if you should really be a helicopter pilot: 1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles with it. 2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. If your foot remains going clockwise you'll be...

Does anyone know if this is possible?

Anybody know of a bolt on device to get a vertical shaft output from a 100+ HP auto. engine? No transmission. Current options: 1. A RWD car with IRS. Turn IRS 90 degrees and block one IRS output shaft from turning. Problem: Transmission weight and "crude" design. 2. Shaft drive motorcycle - turn...

The thread called "Is MDHI going to make it?" drifted into a comparison of the MD 500 and OH-58D aircraft. What follows is a discussion of the latter: All the US Army OH-58Ds were rebuilt (OK, very, very extensively rebuilt and modified) OH-58As. The rebuild process took the aircraft down to...

Buzzard Chaser wrote: Get a load of this guys. Well I finally confronted Silver State about the fact that we had a training class of 45 students and only one helicopter. I'm 3 months into the course, have flown a total of 4.2 hours dual instruction in a R-22 and have 7.3 hours in the...

Have you priced the insurance on the 44? Thats what killed my dreams. Joe I'd been kicking around the idea of going in halves with a co-worker on an R22 but now that I've flown the 44, I don't think I want to go back to the 22s.. Anyone got $150k I can have???

Don't recall seeing anything here recently on the PHPA site. Check it out and see if there is something of interest for you. Lots of pro pilots and some students as well. Great place for an exchange of information and updates on different activities such as unionization with different companies....

Do any of you remember some terrorist guy that whated to kill Americans buy selling them a Helicopter death trap? i think he did kill a few, any news from Muhammad al Faris.

I did my aptitude tests and exams at my local flying college the other day, a pre-requisite along with an interview before they allow you to join any of their courses. Scored 85% in maths, 77% in physics (I'd long forgotten some of the theorems and equations that would've been helpful) and I got...

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Anybody still here?

Looking for Mini-500 (standard) 30-tooth drive sprocket for cog belt (P/N BA24 if correct). Anybody knows if Rick Stitt suplied them? Failed to reach Rick by the phone number showed at his website. Thanks in advance, Alex www.rotorcraft.ru

I Have Just seen the JAG video and it is real! I hope Joe will forgive me for posting negative comments that were not based on factual information. I had information from a third party who was clearly out to discredit the program, and try to run it into the ground. When you see the video and go to...

A few weeks ago a helicopter crashed out at my local airport. Nobody will talk to me about how I would go about attempting to buy the wreckage. I know that it has to sit until the NTSB gets through with it, but what happens then. It belonged to a flight school and was destroyed when an...

(sanman) wrote: I was reading about inflatable wings: snip So you'd be riding a sort of lightweight automotive vehicle along the road, and you could switch to helicopter mode, with inflatable rotors popping out on the top of your vehicle. Your engine would then power the...