The new Robinson R88!
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The new Robinson R88!
Quiet day here on the coast. With all this talk of the next Robinson being a R55 or R66 I thought I might introduce the R88. Might get a job with the Robinson R & D dept! 
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Picky, picky. Here is the Mark III version then complete with raised cowling to accomodate the m/r drive system.
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Will this desgn be better than the Enstrom, MD and Schweizer small SET's (single engine turbines). Nice design with just a couple of flaws, the rotor head is awful and the 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 seating need to be altered to 3 + 3 + 2, just because I think it would look nicer. Oh and the colour reminds me of Spanish taxis.
Quiet day indeed!
Might be worth changing the rotor head for a surplus Huey one. More chance of lifting the pax (if the engine can actually turn it!) and it'll make that lovely thwockthwockthwock sound.
Might be worth changing the rotor head for a surplus Huey one. More chance of lifting the pax (if the engine can actually turn it!) and it'll make that lovely thwockthwockthwock sound.
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What donk do you recon??? PT6, Arriel, PW206/7 or do you have plans of making all of our lives a misery by sticking a RR- C30 in it.
Dont even mention a piston as you would need a geared 540 for that..
Dont even mention a piston as you would need a geared 540 for that..
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Right then! For Head Turner and Robbo Jock we've lowered and streamlined the mast cowling and grafted on a Iroquois head to create the Mk IV.
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The very interesting thing about that design is that every seat has a set of controls! Leave it to Frankie! You'll not only be able to do dual-instruction in the R-88, you can do quad- penta- or octagonal-instruction. The only problem I see is who's actually on the controls...
"I've got it." "I've got it." "I've got it." "No, I've got it." "No you bozos, I'VE got it!"
And autos ought to be fun...
"Okay, seats three, four and five, you guys are responsible for the flare. Seats two, seven and eight, you guys have the cushion."
The mind boggles.
"I've got it." "I've got it." "I've got it." "No, I've got it." "No you bozos, I'VE got it!"
And autos ought to be fun...
"Okay, seats three, four and five, you guys are responsible for the flare. Seats two, seven and eight, you guys have the cushion."
The mind boggles.
Have to ensure no-one opens all the doors at once. Could turn it into a single-pylon tilt-rotor.
I particularly like the multi student arrangement. Slash the cost of instruction. You'd have to have the instructor sitting at the back, with a long stick to clonk whoever's doing it wrong this time on the head. And all the other students would have to sit there with their hands in the air. A Robbie full of surrendering students, great!
I particularly like the multi student arrangement. Slash the cost of instruction. You'd have to have the instructor sitting at the back, with a long stick to clonk whoever's doing it wrong this time on the head. And all the other students would have to sit there with their hands in the air. A Robbie full of surrendering students, great!
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Just to test you - dont you think the r88 ought to have retactable undercarrage for such a long slender machein? Wheels perhaps for the mark iiii
FAN#1 - love the idea - 8 stes of control - PPL (H) instruction down by an 8th -
JUST £27.50 an HOUR!!!!!!!!!
Just to test you - dont you think the r88 ought to have retactable undercarrage for such a long slender machein? Wheels perhaps for the mark iiii
FAN#1 - love the idea - 8 stes of control - PPL (H) instruction down by an 8th -
JUST £27.50 an HOUR!!!!!!!!!
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Ask and ye shall receive g-mady!
And for chopper chav the two seat jacuzzi is hidden behind the rear seats in an enclosed compartment to prevent water loss. It is accessed prior to departure from a door on the other side which, before someone asks, is also where the window is
Presenting the R88 MkV
And for chopper chav the two seat jacuzzi is hidden behind the rear seats in an enclosed compartment to prevent water loss. It is accessed prior to departure from a door on the other side which, before someone asks, is also where the window is
Presenting the R88 MkV
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i will graciously fly your current ride if you want to upgrade to your prototype!!!
Have you got anyone to test fly it yet?
oh what about the mariner version!..for those long overwater hops
PS how did the paint job come up on the big girl the other day?
i will graciously fly your current ride if you want to upgrade to your prototype!!!
Have you got anyone to test fly it yet?
oh what about the mariner version!..for those long overwater hops
PS how did the paint job come up on the big girl the other day?
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G'day Belly Tank,
Haven't got the 130 back yet, should be finished early next week. Will probably call through again on the way back unless I go inland for something different.
The R88 has internal pop out floats.
Haven't got the 130 back yet, should be finished early next week. Will probably call through again on the way back unless I go inland for something different.
The R88 has internal pop out floats.
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Thanks to Bellsux and Head Turner for the suggestions but with the release of the Mk VI we've gone with a couple of Honda HF118 engines.
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