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Old 5th Sep 2015, 07:46
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The Rotorway is a nice little machine but rather underpowered. You wind up using max power a lot of the time. You can't train on one unless you own it yourself, so it means that you have to take the plunge and buy one at the beginning. It is therefore the simplest way to learn on an R22 or similar and then add the Rotorway rating later. There are quite a few of them flying in the UK and the nearest one to you is around Skegness I think. Send a PM to "parasite drag" who is I think an owner and can point you in the right direction, or post this on the Rotorheads forum and be prepared for a few comments from the heavy aircraft crowd on there. Do an hour on an R22 first to see if you like it but beware - it can be very addictive.
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