You want me to test fly what...?

[Nige321]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before...

http://www.engineeringsystem.co.jp/genh4_en/

Nige:uhoh:

http://www.engineeringsystem.co.jp/genh4_en/figure/top_jon.jpg

[rotorcraig]

Some great Q&A on the FAQ page!

Q : Can anyone fly it?
A : Yes, With minimum training, necessary for safety.

Q : Can it auto-rotate? (descend safely in the case of engine failure)
A : No. In order to keep the helicopter simple and easy to fly the pitch in the rotors is fixed making auto-rotation impossible. A balistic parachute will be provided in case of multiple engine failure.Presumably minimum training includes how best to avoid the rotors when bailing out following said multiple engine failure!

Must be exciting training, "practice engine failure, one thousand, two thousand..."

RC

[Robbo Jock]

Is that Elton John flying it ?? :D

I would hope the bend on the nearest blade is an optical illusion, otherwise the blades need a tad more strength.

[Hilico]

The picture was taken with a high-speed camera. Notice how little the blades have moved during the exposure. It's also the only way they could freeze the pilot's thumbs up - he daren't take his hand off the 'collective' for more than 0.005sec.

[Gomer Pylot]

Is that his thumb? Looks more like a middle finger to me. :ok:

[Tony Chambers]

OMG who let Elton John loose on that contraption?

[Genghis the Engineer]

He's obviously expendable, from the lack of a helmet, boots, gloves, nomex suit.... (and all that whilst, apparently, sitting on the fuel tank).

G

[Flying Lawyer]

lack of a helmet, boots, gloves, nomex suit

There's a precedent .......

http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Rotary/Sikorsky_VS300/HE8G2.jpg

;)

Tudor

[Sailor Vee]

I would hope the bend on the nearest blade is an optical illusion, otherwise the blades need a tad more strength.

Robbojock ,

If you think that's excessive, try and get a copy of a BBC programme from the early eighties, called 'The Chopper' ( I think).

It showed footage from a camera looking out from the root towards the tip of a Whirlwind type main blade. Startling to see the stresses on the blade, and the amount of 'bending' on that.

[Robbo Jock]

I've heard a few times about footage shot out along a blade in flight (or in a wind tunnel, depending on who mentions it). I'd love to see it (even if it is likely to scare the whatsits out of me!)

Anyone got a copy/link to a site with it on ?

[FunkyMunky]

Q : Does it fly?
A : Yes,
This particular prototype has been flown continuously since 1999.



:uhoh::ooh:

[flyer43]

Thought this might be of interest to some of the more ancient amongst us.......

http://www.physorg.com/news2150.html

[Vont phood]

Cripes FunkyM, that must make for an in-flight refuelling record !!

[SilsoeSid]

I think this is the video you are after.

link (http://www.geocities.com/pprunessilsoesid/ROTOR.zip)
http://www.geocities.com/pprunessilsoesid/ROTOR0001.jpg

SS

[rotorboater]

Try this for a video of a rotor flexing in flight - Scary stuff!


http://www.rotorboater.com/ROTOR.avi

[Tony Chambers]

does it fly? check out my post with a link to some pretty god heli vids which includes this thing flying.

[NickLappos]

That blade is on a Sikorsky H-37 (S-56) that is flying over the Sikorsky Stratford factory in the 1950's.

Makes one really think about flying helicopters, huh?

Regarding flight equipment, the former Chier R&D Test Pilot at Sikorsky, who I had the privilege of learning from, flew all his experimental flights in white tennis sneakers.

I often chuckle at the gear we load ourselves down with!

[Nige321]

Tony

What post/link?

Nige:8

See the Helicopter videos thread.
Heliport

[b.borg]

Baumgartl (http://www.hiller.org/exhibits/copter-news-v3n8/images/baumgartl-heliofly.jpg)

Wonder how he dealt with the torque ????:uhoh: