to Lu:
I have read all your stuff about Robinsons with interest, it seems to me that as you come to fly an aircraft either you have confidence in the machinery or you dont,
I have almost 1500 hours in Robinsons and (touching a lot of wood), the only problems to date have been a TR & MR chip illuminate in flight, one was fuzz one was the real thing, and the loss of the ERPM tacho,
I have much less time in Jetrangers and have had a variety of problems including "eng out" light in flight during an auto, thankfully it was only the light and not a flameout, however I can honestly say that I have slightly less confidence in the machinery than a basic R22, flown properly.
I always tell my students not to abuse a R22 and their shouldnt be a problem, I cant recognize the inherent design deficiencies of the rotor head in real life of which you have spoken eloquently and at length
stay lucky
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