Height limited sports helicopter
Slowrotor. You are not alone with this line of thought. Many might argue as they have in the past with me. Whats the point in a machine that is limited to little more height than a high jumper can clear, how is the height limit enforced etc,etc. I have heard all the arguments! However, when one considers what most people do when they fly helicopters for fun is:-
1. Want to take off and land often preferably in front of friends
2. Hover as much as possible because its good fun
3. Fly very low and slow, again because its fun
4. Give it a rub over and stand back and admire
5 Be able to say truthfully in the pub. Fish? not me mate, fly!
What they rarely mention is the arm and leg it costs to hire the machine. The financial risks if they bend something . The frustration of weather and availability or not, as the case may be.
Numbers one to four are hard to achieve unless you own five hundred acres and have unlimited funds. SO YES!! Light, reliable, affordable, machine capable of autorotation from its permitted height limit. It has got to come eventually. Do as I am doing. Make one, prove it, badger the rule makers till they give in. Lets face it, who would have thought years ago that two people of the same sex could get married!!