"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message
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Yes there are quite a few projects out there. Because of the magazine
connection I've heard of quite a few. Example: A design like the kids
toy that has a shaft and a rotor blade. Spin the shaft in your hands and
release and the thing takes off. A person approached me with his "Design"
that simulated the toy. The shaft and rotor was attached to a harness and
he had a pre spin arrangement to get the thing going and then he stepped
back and away he would go. All design and never tried. Others that
believe that they could take an ultra light helicopter and lift more wt.
(275# pilot) by merely increasing the power. Another who had never built
a helicopter was going to "Correct" the fallacies of Bell, Hiller,
Enstrom etc and buiild his own 5-6 seat helicopter that would do all the
things the other guys designs couldn't do. Yes there are a bunch of
backyard cowboys that just know that they can defeat most of the laws of
physics.


I realize it's an area of interest the certainly has it's share if crack
pots, but I bet there are some guys it would be fun to follow as well. A lot
of folks used to post on RAH, but it was a constant clash, trying mix home
builders with professional and military rotorcraft pilots. They really need
their own group.