Well I can only go by what the releasing staff from Salzburg told me first hand. And that seems a lot more plausible to me than what the guy with the big mustache told the press. Looking at pictures now it does appear like the US machine did really have the stinger removed. I seriously doubt it goes much further than that though. And he probably only did that because it looks cool. Moving the CG
forward for aerobatics?
The first part about attorneys and asses potentially being sued off is already giving it away really. Interestingly, there is no mention of Mr. Chuck Aaron and his helicopter on the Flying Bulls homepage.
The fact is that the BO was designed to take a hell of a beating and to have all liquids where they need to be at all times.
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Then, he used modified, composite main rotor blades, making them very stiff with a very high rotor speed."
But maybe we should get back to topic, and I don't mean the R22 but the actual topic of this thread.