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Old 23rd Jun 2012, 02:14
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Bell_Flyer
 
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Ag-Rotor:
Counting the one rolling into fence at Bankstown this makes 3 of these French delights burning to a cinder recently.
Robinson owners have an impost of approx $18,000 per machine to modify their machines to have similar fuel tanks as those on spectacular display in this thread. Can't quiet see an added benifit in safety here, when the end result is still the same.
Errrr, wrong. It didn't hit the fence or rolled into the fence. Have a look at the 2 photos in this link. The fence is untouched by impact.

http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/451...elicopter.html

Also, AS350's don't have fuel bladders. The design is such that you can't put a fuel bladder into the tank - it is not made of sheet metal like Robinsons' tanks.
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