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"jesse" wrote in message Anyone have any personal
experience with them. the same q was asked in r.a.r, but i thought since it IS a kit, and this is r.a.h that more people might have one in this group. might be fun after i get my rotor add on to build one, maybe not to the ultralight specs, looks like the se has more fuel and range, therefore is experimental. anyhoo, thx for listening. I saw one flying at OshKosh 2004. It appeared underpowered. It would hover, but it was screaming in protest. A pedal turn would cause it to decend. Maybe another 25 horsepower or so? D. |
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I got an opportunity to fly one of the little beasties and was shocked. I
expected a real squirrel. In 15 sec after starting to nurse the collective up, I was hovering. It felt so stable that I hover taxied it about the field, set it down, picked it up and after a few laps about the field, brought it back and did a slope landing. I am not a high time helo pilot. The directional control seemed quite good, the collective pressure didn't seem to vary with pitch or rpm and in general the little bugger seemed quite nice. The owner flew the thing about the field at several hundred feet above the ground, brought it in for a very nice controlled approach and landing. I found out that he had never had any helicopter dual and had a total of 15hr. All of the people that I have talked to that have flown the Mosquito and the Robinson R-22 have said that the Mosquito is easier to fly. To say I'm impressed with the little beastie is an understatement. After racing two stroke motorcycles, I'm nervous about flying a helo with a two stroke, but John Uptigrove is a good engineer and he seems to be coming up with a great design. I keep thinking that even with my Baby Belle, I wouldn't mind having a Mosquito to play with. I've asked John if he would give the magazine one for long term evaluation. He has not jumped at the opportunity though. -- Stuart Fields Experimental Helo magazine P. O. Box 1585 Inyokern, CA 93527 (760) 377-4478 (760) 408-9747 general and layout cell (760) 608-1299 technical and advertising cell www.vkss.com www.experimentalhelo.com "Capt.Doug" wrote in message ... "jesse" wrote in message Anyone have any personal experience with them. the same q was asked in r.a.r, but i thought since it IS a kit, and this is r.a.h that more people might have one in this group. might be fun after i get my rotor add on to build one, maybe not to the ultralight specs, looks like the se has more fuel and range, therefore is experimental. anyhoo, thx for listening. I saw one flying at OshKosh 2004. It appeared underpowered. It would hover, but it was screaming in protest. A pedal turn would cause it to decend. Maybe another 25 horsepower or so? D. |
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Stuart, How would you compare it to the Helicycle?
"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message ... I got an opportunity to fly one of the little beasties and was shocked. I expected a real squirrel. In 15 sec after starting to nurse the collective up, I was hovering. It felt so stable that I hover taxied it about the field, set it down, picked it up and after a few laps about the field, brought it back and did a slope landing. I am not a high time helo pilot. The directional control seemed quite good, the collective pressure didn't seem to vary with pitch or rpm and in general the little bugger seemed quite nice. The owner flew the thing about the field at several hundred feet above the ground, brought it in for a very nice controlled approach and landing. I found out that he had never had any helicopter dual and had a total of 15hr. All of the people that I have talked to that have flown the Mosquito and the Robinson R-22 have said that the Mosquito is easier to fly. To say I'm impressed with the little beastie is an understatement. After racing two stroke motorcycles, I'm nervous about flying a helo with a two stroke, but John Uptigrove is a good engineer and he seems to be coming up with a great design. I keep thinking that even with my Baby Belle, I wouldn't mind having a Mosquito to play with. I've asked John if he would give the magazine one for long term evaluation. He has not jumped at the opportunity though. -- Stuart Fields Experimental Helo magazine P. O. Box 1585 Inyokern, CA 93527 (760) 377-4478 (760) 408-9747 general and layout cell (760) 608-1299 technical and advertising cell www.vkss.com www.experimentalhelo.com "Capt.Doug" wrote in message ... "jesse" wrote in message Anyone have any personal experience with them. the same q was asked in r.a.r, but i thought since it IS a kit, and this is r.a.h that more people might have one in this group. might be fun after i get my rotor add on to build one, maybe not to the ultralight specs, looks like the se has more fuel and range, therefore is experimental. anyhoo, thx for listening. I saw one flying at OshKosh 2004. It appeared underpowered. It would hover, but it was screaming in protest. A pedal turn would cause it to decend. Maybe another 25 horsepower or so? D. |
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Thank-you everyone for your very helpful replies. Exactly what I was
looking for. Jesse M. |
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Thank-you everyone for your very helpful replies. Exactly what I was
looking for. Jesse M. |
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Im not sure why that posted twice, I blame Google! yeah thats it!
Jesse |
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