safety course
Rich Lee,
Thanks for your reply. Seems incredible to me that people continue to fly a helicopter that has experienced multiple rotor failures of undetermined cause. I checked on the Robinson website and found that I cannot attend the safety course without a heli pilot certificate. That doesn't make much sense to me. I intend to discover all the neccessary special pilot operating requirements specific to the R22 before I resume flight training in the Robinson.
More likely, I will drive several hours to the Schweizer flight center. The R22 requires 20 hrs before solo by USA regulation and I feel that many hours would not be needed.
Sure would be nice to feel comfortable flying the responsive R22 but the more I read on this site the less likely that becomes.... (recent reports of six out of six blades tested by Australian aviation authority found to have disbonds)