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Most reliable homebuilt helicopter?
What is the best homebuilt helicopter in terms of reliability?
tom |
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mini500,
You can rely on it to fail. |
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, "tom pettit" tompetatpeakdotorg wrote: What is the best homebuilt helicopter in terms of reliability? tom I would venture to say that the words "reliable" and "helicopter" have only a passing acquaintance in the best of circumstances (commercial manufacturer and regular *professional* maintenance). Homebuilt? No. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard." |
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Flyingmonk wrote:
mini500, You can rely on it to fail. OK, now you did it, fetters will come out of his coffin for this. |
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Alan Baker wrote:
In article , "tom pettit" tompetatpeakdotorg wrote: What is the best homebuilt helicopter in terms of reliability? tom I would venture to say that the words "reliable" and "helicopter" have only a passing acquaintance in the best of circumstances (commercial manufacturer and regular *professional* maintenance). Homebuilt? No. He didn't specify it had to fly. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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"Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired" wrote OK, now you did it, fetters will come out of his coffin for this. Not quite accurate. Only his unfortunate customers are in coffins. Besides, I can't believe I am saying this, but it would be a welcome distraction from the Katrina threads. :-) -- Jim in NC |
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"Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired" wrote He didn't specify it had to fly. True, because the true definition of reliable is that is repeatable, and not flying _is_ repeatably reliable, or is it unreliable? Humm. -- Jim in NC |
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You're quick Dan. I thought I'd removed it fast enough before Al
Mohamed Bin Fetters change persona and come in here to talk to himself again. |
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Boy! That makes me miss my buddy Gil Armbruster. Almost religiously I
would find him in his hanger playing with that dang POS. Don't get me wrong, he did a great job on it, it look fabulous. He bought an APU with intention of installing it. He never got around to that. I wonder who took that thing, the APU. I should have asked Genie. |
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Why can't people just answer the question if they know or be quiet if they
don't... Although I do not know the answer I am wondering what the list of practical helicopter is.. Maybe we can list them and order them qualitatively Something like... Rotorway models Safari Scorpion commuter G-1 Skylark kesterl choppy hot rod A/W-95 Mini 500 Can we rank them in terms of reliability and draw a line at.. everything below this line is pretty scary (IE rotorway/safari have the oportunity to be above the scary line) "tom pettit peak org" tompetatdot wrote in message ... What is the best homebuilt helicopter in terms of reliability? tom |
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