If you `google ` Bristol 173 helicopter,all will be revealed..
bastOn, you are correct,the original Sycamores were flown from the LHS,then later modified for training with a central `L` shaped collective,for the QHI in the lhs to operate with a kack-handed right hand.But then, most QHIs are a bit like that anyway !! Great helo ,once you had mastered the manual controls,mechanical trimmers,C of G compensator,propensity to go into ground resonance,`jump` take-offs,and an ability to do max-rate turns,2-stage amber for I/F......
Anyway, what about the WW Mk9..I flew the trials on XM666 when it was fitted with SS11s....recall it`s on a farm somewhere on E Falklands now...
Last edited by sycamore; 12th Mar 2010 at 11:38.