(helopilot) wrote in message . com...
Dennis, you're stupid and obviously don't know what you're talking
about. The helicopter was not overloaded on that flight. The guy
flying it let the RRPM decay beyond recovery, as can be done with any
helicopter. The Brantly is a good, reliable helicopter that can be
operated very reasonably. It's also no more cramped than any other
2-place helicopter, and actually has more room than the R22 and
certainly more than your rediculous scorpion.



wrote in message ...
"Stu & Kathy Fields" wrote:

The power/wt and hp/wt is as good or better than the Safari. But......

the brantly is a piece of junk. I'll take my scorpion over a brantly
any day.

BTW, the hub system on a brantley is a retarded attempt at a fully
articulated hub system. It has three heavy blades with the lead-lag
hinge about half way out on the blade. Its true, I'm not joking, the
blade hinges way out in the middle about 6 feet out.

No two-passenger helicopter should have been overloaded with those two
skinny guys in there. One was trapped underwater because the cockpit
is so cramped. Fortunately, he was able to pop the windscreen out and
escape through there.

Save your money and buy something besides a brantly.

Dennis H.


Brantly B2 is as good as the pilot operating it
Heavy blades are better than low inertia ones
In autorotation flare after leveling off for landing the rate of rotor
decay will support the helicopter for as such as 4 seconds
No experimental homebuilt can compete with a certified one
The simple flapping & lead-lag hinges & dampers work just fine on the
outer main rotor blades