While working on the V-22 program I got into a conversation with a design manager. The subject of the conversation hit on various points including small helicopters. I spouted off on the problems with the B-206 and then got on the subject of the Enstrom line. I told the manager that I had considered the Enstrom Shark a piece of crap. That is until I actually got close to one and then I realized that it was put together quite well and that the rotorhead design and finish really impressed me. I found out a bit later that the manager’s father designed the Enstrom Helicopters and that he (the manager) used to work with his father during his summer vacations from his University.
