It is already 3 years Lu is evading a ride in the best Helicopter in business?
Lu take a ride!
....or better do not.....we lose the last guy to bitch about the Robinson!!
RW-1: to the sideslip - the robinson-safty-course-instructor, I had the pleasure to fly with, told me he did, and I do it constantly on a specific filming-job: fly anywhere from straight to slightly past 90 degrees sideways all the way up to where you run out of pedal (normally around 40 kts - acc. to GPS)
I was told by the same man, that the POH for pretty much every flying machine (or any machine if I remember my cars manuals....)is written for the average pilot who flies an hour or two every two weekends.....
To keep these folks from killing themselves and their familie from suing the cr** out of the company, they have to put up "foolproof" POHīs.
Look at the military guys who perform rolls and loops all day long on airshows...I do not think their POH says anything about doing that!!!
The sideslip-issue is, not to slam the helicopter with huge inputs into these situations. It is fairly hard to get the R-44 into sidewaysflying when you have already some 35-40 kts. It is easier to lower to less than 25 and then speed up smoothly.Avoid any big controlmoves and you are fine....
To the 206: The same man mentioned above has thousands of hours in Bells and when he gets asked about the difference between a 206 and a R-44 he says: He never saw a R-44 that is so slow as a JetRanger!!(Lu, I guess he ment it as a joke!!)
TīNatural: Carbīs: Try Pressure-Carburators, they have hardly any icing problems (look at the Ellison-Throttlebody or carbs on old radial engines). The problem with these carbs is, as I understand, a fuelpump is necessary and of course they cost more!!(Lu?)
There is FAA-certified V-8 engine out there that is full FADEC, electronic everything, uses Mobil-1 synthetic engine-oil (specified!) and is based on a car-engine!!
I do not recall the holder of the typ-certificate, but the engine is a Toyota-V8!!
Based on the same engine as any big LEXUS.
Unfortunately no plans for production sofar - a shame with 350 takeoff and 325 continous hp, 2000 TBO.......when did your Toyota brake down last time with an engineproblem??
a last one to Jed A1:
The low rpm-recovery in a Robinson gets trained just like in every other helicopter.
However there is a specific to the Robinson (thatīs why you get a checkout in every helicopter regardless of typ or brand...): On low rpm you roll on the throttle and then you lower the collective (Donīt take all day for that move!!), due to throttle-correlator-rigging.
If you never flew a good Robbie, you passed on at least half the fun there is in flying helicopters!
Fly safe,
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