Well there was a tip jet (70% H202) ship there with one pilot with 20 min and a reported other pilot with a few hundred hours... Sikorsky had a battery powered 269 on display with a duration spec of 15 min. Safaris, Rotorways and Mosquitos and Larry Neals Butterfly wrapped up the rotor craft.

ENJOY FOLKS I scarfed the link from an Australian aviation newsgroup. Three pages of fascinating clear decent sized photos from a pilots adventure in the Antarctic. http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/397397-ppruner-john-eacott-antarctica-stu nning-pictures.html

If an over weight pilot exceeds the recommended seat weight of his helicopter, will this affect undersling enough to cause an increase in the 2/rev vibration??? Does increasing G forces cause an increase in 2/rev?? Stu

I have heard that there is a down loadable application for the Iphone that can produce 3 axis vibration measurements and store them for analysis on my computer. EEK!! I said "How Much" and the guy said 499. I said sold!! $500 is cheap for that capability and the guy said "No $4.99"!!! I'm...

http://stingraysrotorforum.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=126840&p=1 More to follow Regards, Dave

Central Sierra Helicopter Meet was a grand success. There were a couple of R-44s, several R-22s, Two Bell 47s and two Jet Rangers. With all of the certified clutter out of the way, there were two helicycles flying, several under construction showing the various aspects, a Mosquito flying all...

POLTF: Problems Obvious to the Least Tutored in the Field. This is to be used with NHFY: None Have Failed Yet. NHFY is an industry accepted response to POLTF

I've coined a new acronym that stands for a principle often used in the experimental helicopter community. I have named it NHFY. It stands for None Have Failed Yet. It is a reliability measurement used by some that certainly needs close examination to ascertain the validity. Some folks who...

I'm looking for a used copy of Ray Prouty's More Helicopter Aerodynamics. Also for the copy titled Even More Helicopter Aerodynamics. These issues are required for a research project I'm doing for the Experimental Helo magazine. Thanks

It seems that if there are two possible causes for a helicopter accident, the preferred one for the manufacturer is the one for which they have no fault. That certainly is the best for them. However, lets say that a low hour helicopter suffers a failure directly attibutable to fatigue. ...

I've been sending posts that didn't show up. I've been sending e-mails to folks that never received. I've been receiving e-mails that I couldn't answer. We just replaced the cmos battery so we'll see if this gets thru.. Stu Fields Experimental Helo magazine.

Just completed checking the wheels of 84 Surplus Solar T-62 turbine engine sets of wheels for cracks. Only found two turbine wheels with small cracks. No cracks found in the compressor wheels. These engines seem to be quite sturdy. We started several and looked at vibration levels with a...

Just got word of a Piasecki crash that involved Joe Pike and to other people who were on board. Joe had re-stored the twin rotor ship. Initial data seems to indicate an engine failure with the ship hitting power lines and burning. Joe was an outstanding wrench and pilot. Joe did a BFR for me...

Hey All, I just came across these photos and am curious if anyone knows the story of what happened. Weather sure looks clear so I doubt that had anything to do with...

I've got my copy of what turns out to be a MUST HAVE addition to the Volume I work of the same title. Few people can write clearly about a technical subject like helicopters without using a lot of mathematics. Ray Prouty has a real knack... I'm jealous.... see ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5sjwZXCoSc

PHOTOS: Rotorfest and PHL - October 04, 2009 Over 100 photos in this group. The highlight at Rotorfest for me was the Kaman K-Max and the Pilatus Porter jump plane. The clouds moved in briefly in the AM and gave us a short-lived scare, but they burned off. Plenty of copters and GA aircraft,...

The Safari near Phoenix that crashed with the loss of two lives is now followed by a RotorWay in Vermont flown by Ronald York that crashed resulting in the Death of Mr. York. The investigation of both accidents is pending.

FAR 91.409 involves itself with requiring some sort of special inspection program for turbine powered rotorcraft. Builders of Amateur Built turbine powered rotorcraft are being forced to generate some inspection program documentation to get the airworthiness certificate. Nearly all of these...

I have a flight sim model for the SparrowHawk gyroplane for use in X-Plane 7.0 or greater. Email me for a copy. Noel