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Old 23rd Oct 2002, 22:19
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Dave Jackson
 
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Flight Safety

Thanks for passing on the exploded view, information and suggestions.

With absolutly no intent to market some weird hypothetical idea , the following couple of points might be of additional interest.

It's hard to see, but the Kaman rotors do teeter. In addition, they have delta-3, just like the Robinsons. It is used for the same reason that Robinson uses it and in addition, Kaman uses it to handle some of the lead-lag between the two rotors.

The following supports you comment on payload. It is from a pilot with very high hours in many single-rotor craft, plus both Kamans and a Kamov. "The U.S. Forest Service pays more money for a K-max than they pay for a SK61 ..... Why? ..... because at altitude, 5000 ASL and above the little K-max out lifts the bigger 61. As for the Kamov ? In the states U.S. operators are doing what they can to make sure it can't end up in their back yard.":
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