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New Robinson R66??
Anyone seen or heard anything on the new six place Robinson? I
understand it will be Turbine powered. |
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Anyone seen or heard anything on the new six place Robinson? I
understand it will be Turbine powered. Nothing on their web site. |
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I've seen mention of this several times over the last few months. Frank
Robinson always denies that they're working on a turbine ship. Yet, the rumor continues... It will be interesting to see if anything actually comes of it. From a business perspective, I can't see the point in Robinson doing this, unless they can somehow bring in a competitive ship at a significantly lower price and DOC.. They seem to be doing just fine, building as many R44s as they can, and maintaining a many-month backlog. Frank seems to've found his niche building three-person, reasonably fast helicopters - why would he want to try to delve into the turbine world? Dave Blevins On 1 Mar 2004 11:30:13 -0800, (Eric D) wrote: Anyone seen or heard anything on the new six place Robinson? I understand it will be Turbine powered. |
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35 kts faster where does that come from
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"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
... On 02 Mar 2004 15:25:08 GMT, ojunkm (Stevenatherton) wrote: 35 kts faster where does that come from The airspeed indicator. I fly then both. I usually get about 95 knots out of the Ranger and 130 out of the R-44 Raven-II. Hell if I know where it comes from. It's just comes. BWB I'm not that up on the specifics of both these machines but some things that come to mind a 1. Superior power to weight figures. That one's hard to believe when comparing turbines to pistons but.......? 2. Better aerodynamics Just a thought, Fly Safe, Steve R. |
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This is not the first time these R66 rumors have come out right before
Heli-Expo. I remember about 2yrs ago there were speculations around about it as well. Turns out that was when the Raven II was being worked out. I think he'd be smarter to stick with pistons, but if he could come up with a way to haul 5 people it would be pretty marketable. I know a guy who has a 44 and a B206 flying tours with them. He said the 44 hardly ever gets flown because you never have a group of 3 people who want to fly. davdirect |
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Subject: New Robinson R66??
Anyone seen or heard anything on the new six place Robinson? I understand it will be Turbine powered. Saw that it would be called the R-55, a 5 seater, but at the HAI Convention Frank Robinson emphasized that it wouldnt happen until they find the right engine. Preliminary work continues on three alternatives: a turbine, diesel and turbocharged Lycoming. Robinson likes the diesel but they have to "get the weight out". |
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Get the weight out indeed! A diesel engine would be an interesting
application but I don't know. They're heavy for a reason! Wouldn't bother me a bit is Robinson could make it work though. Fly Safe, Steve R. "Micbloo" wrote in message ... Subject: New Robinson R66?? Anyone seen or heard anything on the new six place Robinson? I understand it will be Turbine powered. Saw that it would be called the R-55, a 5 seater, but at the HAI Convention Frank Robinson emphasized that it wouldnt happen until they find the right engine. Preliminary work continues on three alternatives: a turbine, diesel and turbocharged Lycoming. Robinson likes the diesel but they have to "get the weight out". |
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