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g-mady
5th Jun 2008, 19:17
worryingly the answer for me is yes - I think it looks a great aircraft! But i've never seen a helicopter started literally "BY HAND" before!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E9zPDGGgok
MADY
rotornut
5th Jun 2008, 19:35
Looks like something you'd get from Canadian Tire.:eek:
Droopy
5th Jun 2008, 20:15
Perhaps just a teensy chance of a wind-up..but all credit to the ground chap who obviously has a blade exclusion zone around his head :uhoh:
Whirlygig
6th Jun 2008, 08:23
worryingly the answer for me is yes
The engine looks and sounds as if it wouldn't let you down :eek: :hmm: :}
Cheers
Whirls
g-mady
6th Jun 2008, 08:38
I know I posted the video - but I just love that! If I knew it was safe i'd love to fly one of them.
Does anyone know what they were used for? No T/R so probably quite good for lifting but then it has 2 piston engines so maybe not that strong, and 2 crew?
MADY
flying bizzie
6th Jun 2008, 21:02
I'd fly in it.
It looks, sounds and smokes very much like an old VW Beetle I once owned! Bloody loved that car. Never let me down............much!
Cheers
FB
They are used for crop-spraying a lot, dont know what it lifts though.
KrisRamJ
7th Jun 2008, 04:48
Empty 4300lbs, max GW 7170lbs, 2x 320hp radial piston engines. Sounds like it's a bit underpowered.
RINKER
7th Jun 2008, 12:04
Not hard to tell if your into wind , who needs a windsock !.
There's a bunch of KA-26 clips on Youtube now. I believe most of them are Hungarian (HA reg?) and are used on Ag operations. Quirky looking beast! :ok:
Blue Rotor Ronin
8th Jun 2008, 23:28
Believe that's a Bristow Cloggie modded S76C++...:ok:
g-mady
9th Jun 2008, 09:18
Do you think that might actually be running on Vodka! Housten we have Shmirnoff!
Very rare to have multi engine pistons. Always thought this was an untapped market. Allowing pilots to get multi time without the crazy cost of multi turbines.
MADY
starshiptrooper
9th Jun 2008, 10:29
Here's one taking off.....got to have balls of steel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3EUpNwYphA&feature=related
Salusa
9th Jun 2008, 11:04
What about one of these then?
GEN H-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfx7TduKwWw
500 Fan
9th Jun 2008, 14:08
That Kamov on start-up makes the R44 look positively space-age!
(A turbine heli-pilot's definition of hell? - A thousand hours flying that KA-26!)