Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
At Helitech (Redhill) in '89/90 (?) - the year the Russkies brought along a Hind & Mi26 and Kaman the Kmax - there was also a replica of Bell's first 'simulator' - a weight-balanced rig with ourtrigger rotor thrusters (propellors) that allowed quite realistic 'hovering' practice. I've long lost the polaroid they gave each one of us that tried it - does anyone know what became of it? I can find very little info on the original that Bell built either - any leads?
It was September 1989, and my recollection was that it was a Sikorsky simulator, but could be wrong. I used to have a polaroid photo I received after my 'session' in it! Did a quick search and came up with Epstein's mate having a go.....
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