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Old 1st Mar 2015, 08:55
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Romeopapa
 
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Good point VP.

As you know the Robbo is not forgiving but because it can bite it makes an excellent trainer.

Decades ago a friend of mine was doing his rotary conversion at the same time as me but in a
Hughes 269.

Very nice more stable and easier to fly than the R22.

I still recall the first time I flew a B208 and it felt like being in a Rolls Royce.

Its a long time since I did my helicopter training but in those days in Australia we did full on to the ground autos and hot and heavy take offs.

I believe there is no longer a need to do full on autos in some parts of the world.

My instructor had a party trick where he did a full stop auto in a 47 then lifted to do a 360 turn before putting it down again.
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