View Full Version : Can you identify this helicopter?
Dave_Jackson
30th Jul 2005, 22:45
http://www.unicopter.com/Temporary/Excalibur.jpg
ShyTorque
30th Jul 2005, 22:56
Something tells me it might be called an Excalibur, can't think what makes me say that though.
joedirt
30th Jul 2005, 22:57
Sure, it's the photoshop Excalibur 7.3 version of "hey, look at me, I'm wacko but I don't care" helicopter.........
twinstar_ca
30th Jul 2005, 23:05
looks an awful lot like a jazzed up rotorway exec with no skid gear!!! :cool:
Dave_Jackson
30th Jul 2005, 23:42
OK ShyTorque fess up. How did your arrive at the answer so quickly? :uhoh:
Here's a question with a slightly higher level of difficulty.
Who is the well-known rotorcraft designer of this craft? :E
Dave :D
ShyTorque
30th Jul 2005, 23:50
Dave, a pure guess. I think the pilot pulled it out of a stone.
joedirt
31st Jul 2005, 00:07
The same designer of the Alfa Romeo Spider (he/she left no legroom in the backseat for any known human species, and probably used photoshop to conway his/hers absurd designs on innocent human beings).
What's so difficult about that question, since we are in la-la land anyway ?
http://unicopter.com/UniCopter_Fuel.html
1. The fuel should be centered on the rotors, therefore;
Much better reading than Harry Potter :ok:
aeromys
31st Jul 2005, 00:47
A split second after the picture was taken, the tail rotor chopped off the horizontal stabiliser....
Galapagos
31st Jul 2005, 01:27
Isn't it the Jetson's?
:}
Ian Corrigible
31st Jul 2005, 02:15
Word on the street is that the Excalibur has a great cruise speed and excellent fuel economy, but that the landing procedure is a tad tricky. Personally, I'm surprised they ever managed to obtain FAA approval.
http://cts322.com/db5/00416/cts322.com/_uimages/Bell206hover1.jpg
:E
I/C
Graviman
31st Jul 2005, 20:02
Now that's funny! :ok:
Dave,
I take it you are trying to provoke reactions for a new development in the "Unicopter" saga? Mine would be that i like the concept, but would need to know more tech spec intensions. It looks a bit like a composite upgrade to the Lockheed 186, especially with the 4 blade rigid rotor. The cleverest 186 features were the gyro stabilisation (non powered preferred though - cost), and of course the retractable skids.
Oops, just realised it's a 5-blade rotor. I initially thought that fuzzy thing over the hub was "the force". Saves on crane rental... :}
Mart
hemac
31st Jul 2005, 21:36
Either that was really fast film or the main rotor is really slooow.
H.
SASless
1st Aug 2005, 08:28
Don't know about the helicopter...but that is Taf Wilson's milk barn under the rotorblades!:E
Dave_Jackson
2nd Aug 2005, 04:20
http://www.unicopter.com/Temporary/Excalibur3View.jpg
ShyTorque
2nd Aug 2005, 09:11
Rectractable undercarriage... wow!
Must be a trick of the light but it looks like the mainwheel tyres are bigger than the bay!
Graviman
2nd Aug 2005, 19:37
Anything to do with these guys?
http://www.excaliburaircraft.com/
Mart
g-mady
3rd Aug 2005, 06:37
Ian Corrigible - Now thats funny,
There was me thinking it was a joke or artists idea until I saw Dave's second posting!
RHM
rzender
7th Aug 2005, 20:13
That's a concept helicopter by Revolution Helicopters ... the makers of the Mini-500 kit Helicopter.
Dave_Jackson
7th Aug 2005, 20:19
rzender;
You've got it. :ok:
They are designing and building two prototype for a manufacture outside the US.
TorqueStripe
7th Aug 2005, 20:57
That climb rate of 457 km /minute sure sounds like a lot of fun.
Revolution Helicopters and 457 km /minute? Oh, now I get it. It's the ascent rate to heaven after you've been done in.
--IFMU