What is your dream Helicopter

[Wanna-be]

What helicopter do you hope to fly some day?

I:
Aircrane
HH-65 Dauphin
Comanche
S-76

[Chickenhawk1]

As a student pilot I'd have to say for the moment I'd love to get a go of a Huey. I know, I'm an ass. But someday it'd have to be an S-61. Someday.

[acreager]

AW139, without a doubt. Beautiful machine.

[Whirlygig]

I'd love to have a go flying a Chinook - it's such a big, noisy, lumbering beastie and I love 'em. So, if there's anyone out there who could help me out with that, you'd earn my undying gratitude (and maybe a few pints!)

Cheers

Whirls

[Patrick_Waugh]

I'd love to fly a Rotorway, especially if they ever make a turbine. Would be cool to own one and take a girl on a date in it.

Patrick

[SASless]

Whirls,

Once again you prove to all and sundry what "good taste" is all about. Never mind the slingloads....go for "the" real helicopter.

Surely someone at Odi can make that happen....so long as you leave the Banjo and Go-Go boots at home.

[Whirlygig]

Where I used to live, next to the Kennet & Avon canal just out Thatcham, I could sit in my garden and watch the Chinooks flying overhead.

Nearby was a large expanse of wasteland over which much of the training took place I'm sure. I have sat there and waved up at them and, a couple of times, I've had a landing flashed back at me!

So if there's any of you guys out there who can remember a a demented woman waving at you on the banks of the canal, it were I!

Cheers

Whirls

[R22DRIVER]

Its got to be the Apache!!

If any of you out there know of an apache pilot in oregon who wants to make a dream come true please point him/her in my direction.

PS there will be lots of beer waitng for him/her when we land!!

R22

[IntheTin]

The 407 is a great looking machine. Also the posts of BigMikes 427 looked awesome too!

[Jack Carson]

The Sikorsky Super Stallion It flies just like one would expect a 13,000 hp. helicopter to fly. It is surprisingly agile for a big old girl and really fast. :ok:

[whirlydude]

I have always liked the bell 222 not because of airwolf . The metropolitan (london) police used to have one back in the nineties you could always here it coming

[bladepitch]

with out doubt the S-76 would be it.

i love women but im pretty sure that helo gave me my first woody at a young age. :E

any 76 drivers out there. get on here and give me a quick comment on it. :ok:

any one that does not like em. dont spoil the dream. :oh:

[Capt's Little Helper]

MH-68A "Stingray" http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0290849/L/
I like the look of it almost as much as scorched titanium on exhaust pipes. :8 :8
Plus there's usually a badass with a sniper rifle sat in the back of the cab:suspect: :suspect: :suspect: :suspect:

[IFMU]

I'd like to fly the Sikorsky-Schweizer X2. Hover, 250 kts, hover. I bet it even autos.http://www.sikorsky.com/Images/SAC_Sikorsky_Aircraft_Corporation/US-en/X2_Demonstrator_Aircraft.jpg

-- IFMU

[ShyTorque]

with out doubt the S-76 would be it.

i love women but im pretty sure that helo gave me my first woody at a young age. :E

any 76 drivers out there. get on here and give me a quick comment on it. :ok:

any one that does not like em. dont spoil the dream. :oh:

Crikey - a pervert! Flown 'em for nearly ten years and the rotors STILL go round the wrong way.

Now, give me back my all-time favourite, the S-70 Blackhawk with the 701-C engines; nearly 1900 SHP each - now we are talking proper helicopters.

[bladepitch]

shy torque.

i said dont spoil it.

have you got anything good to say about em?

bp

[IFMU]

shy torque.
i said dont spoil it.
have you got anything good to say about em?
bp
I learned to fly in an enstrom. After getting my rating, I managed to get about 4 hours of time in a couple of S76's. First couple in an A model, the second couple in a B. To a junior birdman like me, it was awesome. Fast, powerful. I got to rack it over in 60 degree bank turns. I got to do wingovers (rotor-overs?). I got to shoot power recovery autos. I got to fly with SAS off, which was pretty challenging at full gallop. With SAS on, it was a dream to fly. And, since I had a grownup along every time, I didn't have to be smart about the systems. It's a great machine.
-- IFMU

[ShyTorque]

Yes, a well equipped S-76 is probably still the best IFR to VFR machine on the market today, which is extremely good considering how long in the tooth they now are.

We do a lot with ours that other operators can't.

[bladepitch]

:ok: thanks guys.

that was good to hear.

IFMU. i had heard they were challenging to fly at full speed with out SAS. which is im guessing is the auto pilot. correct me if im wrong.
im hoping to get a crack at them in the next couple of years as a coey.

[Flingwing207]

...as in teen-dream? Well, I'm flying one of them - the EC120 - sleek and sexy, even all these years later. The other is the MD530F or 500E, either one is still the 427 Camaro of the helicopter world. In third is the RAH-66 Comanche, with the AH-1 Cobra right on its heels. Finally, for sheer lumbering force combined with a strange beauty, it's the Ericson Aircrane (not to mention now I can bring all my toys with me).

Now all I need is a big hangar and a lifetime supply of Jet-A. :cool:

[IFMU]

:ok: thanks guys.

that was good to hear.

IFMU. i had heard they were challenging to fly at full speed with out SAS. which is im guessing is the auto pilot. correct me if im wrong.
im hoping to get a crack at them in the next couple of years as a coey.
SAS is Stability Augmentation System. It's rate feedback for stability. I didn't fly with any of the autopilot functions like attitude hold. I turned trim off and pretty much just flew it. No way was I going to let the autopilot have any of the fun on my 4 hours.

-- IFMU

[EMS R22]

MD 500D ............

[helmet fire]

Wow, what a question. What I would most like to fly (that I haven't already)?
In the following order.....

My own machine!
then (with appropriate ordnance included of course....:8 ):
Rooivalk the ultimate gunship
AH-1Z Cobra the latest cockpit systems and I've always wanted to fly a Cobra. The AH-1J or T if the Z is not available!
A129 Mongoose agile and sexy are it's middle names
Bell 214 ST they just dont make them like this anymore
Bell 230 they just dont make them anymore and they look great
MD 902 Unique. and they may not make them much longer
KA-50 Russian attack power: love to sample it
S 92 A Black Hawk that you can walk around the back in, fantastic!
the A-10! I know its not a helicopter - but it's so good it could be squeezed into anyone's wish list!

....but really I'll fly anything that is free and looks safe!!

[Bravo73]

I thought that we've already been through this...

Rotorheads Dream Heli (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=209292&page=6)


:E ;)

[Pandalet]

I'd like to fly one of these:

http://oleg.idx.com.au/mi-26_ch-47_afghanistan_recovery.jpg

(the one on top ;))

That said, I'd love to fly a BO105 (or anything else that can do backflips or fly upside down).

In the real world, at this point in my flying career, I'd be pretty thrilled to be let out in a jetranger (ie. anything bigger than a robbo)...

[Blackhawk9]

S70 Blackhawk , CH53, S92, Sikorsky all the way (not the S76 though no power!!!) sorry Eurocrap they just do it for me.

[bullshitproof]

In reply to patrick waughn You know the old saying aim for the moon and if you land on a star you have not done bad, well if you miss patrick you are going to fall on your face.

[rudestuff]

MD500.

For looks. Its the Lamborghini Countach Poster-boy of Helicopters - it's just not possible to find a sleeker machine. An aesthetically perfect tear-drop shape. Like the Jetranger, its become ubiquitous - and as a 'classic' everything is measured against it. Sure, some EC's are great looking machines, but in my eyes just don't quite compare. Kind of like Japanese sports cars - no matter how good they look, they're still not a Ferrari.

Of course the BO105 doesnt quite have the looks but sure does have the performance.
I'd like to fly the Lynx just because its the fastest - and an empty Chinook or Aircrane because of the size and power.

[ron-powell]

Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne EMS derivative with a cabin large enough for three seats and a stretcher so we can put the in state King Airs out of business.

Kamov V-100 side by side tandem rotor. Loose the weapons systems and go faster.

[Wanna-be]

MD500, the lamborghini under the helicopters?

I think its a very ugly helicopter; his leggs dont fit, football-shaped boddy and a strange hat under/behind the rotor.

But that is just mine opinion

[flugholm]

How about this bunch of nails?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Sikorsky_X-wing_diagonal_view.jpg
Sikorsky RSRA/X-Wing
(Yes, it show I slightly prefer fixed wings... just in case....!) :ok:

[ems300]

MD 500 D Model with the doors off and someone hanging out the side shooting venison on the way home and filling up the back with deer and thar!! That is great fun!!!!:ok:
Or live caputuring animals from it!! that is a great laugh from the pilots seat!!:D

[IFMU]

How about this bunch of nails?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Sikorsky_X-wing_diagonal_view.jpg
Sikorsky RSRA/X-Wing
(Yes, it show I slightly prefer fixed wings... just in case....!) :ok:
If you talk to anybody who worked on it, I don't think any of them would consider it a dream machine.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Sikorsky_X-wing_diagonal_view.jpg

[HELOFAN]

oooh ahh um anything with guns.

seriously , MD anything

UH1H- anymodel

Always liked the Bo105.

Supa Puma maybe.

If I am being given the keys ... I'd take it.

:cool:

HF

[Bushbandit]

:} 500 or 206 with spray gear on .

[pumaboy]

Thier are a number of helicopters out their that would be in this category but it would have to be in order -: BV234 Chinook
AS332 Super Puma
EC155
EH101
S76
S61
The S-92 I,m affraid is too ugly it look's like a flying box it is as though no thought went in to the design of this helicopter, it will never be a classic like the Chinook or Puma.

Sikorsky try again!!!!!

may be you will succeed next time!!!!!

I'm sure their will be someone out their that will disagree with this but tell some who cares.

Pumaboy

[Fg Off Max Stout]

Whirls, a lady of exceptional taste. The mighty wokka may be big and noisy but there is nothing lumbering about it. With 8000shp in your left hand an empty cab performs very nicely - just try a bit of low level fighter affil. Combine that with a three-gun fit, a robust, reliable, proven design, a pretty comprehensive self defence suite, a great bunch of colleagues and you've got an all round good deal. So you want to have a ride in one, Whirls? If you're hot enough, I'm sure we could work something out.;)

Pandalet, the Halo certainly is an impressive beast - the size of an airliner but it can hover! Just to 'invert' that pic of yours, when I was operating Chinnies in Iraq, close to Shaibah, there was a Halo abandoned in the desert having been damaged (possibly LGBed) previously. When I returned 6 months later, the aircraft had been stripped to virtually nothing by local looters and scrappies. Unfortunately, I don't have any pics of that but it can still be seen on Google Earth - just.
30°25'31.10"N 47°37'27.86"E

My dream helo ... Ka50/52 Hokum. A true battlefield predator and possibly as good looking as rotary gets.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/ka-52-1-s.jpg http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/ka-50-40p05-s.jpg http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/ka-50-40p04-s.jpg

[andTompkins]

V22 Osprey ... does that count as a helicopter?

[belly tank]

At present id say,
B206B3 LATE model:oh:
407 a close second:D
Cobra decked out for fire fighting:ok:
as350B3:D (GRUNT)
S76 (ONE DAY!):{ (when im flying mr jnr Packer....im Knockin at your door Ascend Charlie!!:ugh: )
212 (wockka):}
S92.......EVENTUALLY when we get oil rigs up this way 100nm off shore!!:rolleyes:

Then again ill Fly a Kite!!:p

[Pandalet]

Fg Off Max Stout,

ooh, neat! counter-rotating blades = no tail rotor?

I'd trade my virginity for a wokka ride...assuming I could remember where I left it ;) How 'bout a DAB radio instead?

I just love the idea of flying something that's bigger than my house and requires 4 specialists to operate :ok:

[Colonal Mustard]

"One that never goes U/S, doesn`t need engineering support and is powered by water":D


MD500 Notar, and if i win the lottery i`m on my way to shoreham to buy one from there (thats where i`ve seen the most 500`s)

[Evalu8ter]

Max,
Impeccable taste and succinctly put, I'm firmly in your camp! Parked a Chinny next to a Halo a few years ago. I walked about two hundred yards away and turned round. Never, ever, seen a Chinook look so small! The Hokum is a true beast, designed with Heli v Heli in mind, so where does it fit in my list?
1. Chinook - all the cab you'll ever need!
2. Hokum - all the cab you'll ever want!
3. UH1 - Every helo pilot should fly one...
4. Gazelle - So simple, so fast, so fun.....
5. YAH-56 Cheyenne - What a concept!
Oh, and yes, I'd love to fly the Warthog too!!!

[ShyTorque]

[QUOTE=Fg Off Max Stout]
My dream helo ... Ka50/52 Hokum. A true battlefield predator and possibly as good looking as rotary gets.
QUOTE]

I should think if you are flying a Chinook and one of these appears, it is your worst nightmare :E

[BlenderPilot]

Any helicopter that is safe to fly and is mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Gomer Pylot]

Anyone who says the S76 has no power hasn't flown the newer models. The A++ has plenty of power, and the first limit at altitude is usually Vne. The C++ has lots of power and all the bells and whistles, but I'm still waiting for the S76D. Might be a long wait, because AFAIK the engines haven't even been built yet. If they perform as advertised, though, it should be a very nice machine.

[Aser]

At the moment, given my little experience I'm flying my dream helicopter AB-139 :}

Lots of power... I imagine the 139 must be something near your S76D Gomer pylot

[Canadian Rotorhead]

I'm with Aser, give me an AW139 anyday. I'm tired of the steam driven cockpits in underpowered machines.

:)

[Gomer Pylot]

The AW139 doesn't seem to be making the grade in the GOM. It just doesn't live up to the claims the manufacturer makes. The S76D will be well beyond what the 139 can offer, if it even comes close to the promises, because the C++ does a better job than the 139.

[Canadian Rotorhead]

Thanks for that, I haven't flown the C+ yet. My only amount of 76 time was on the straight A model.

Maybe there's a 139B on the way?

:ok:

[Evalu8ter]

Power is all about perception,
A lightly loaded chinny, 100% matched Gorni.., 3000' fpm vertical with a twist! Ah, happy days! Anyone with a Ka-50 fancy a (pretend) fight?

[BigMike]

An R22 with Angelina Jolie in the left seat... ;)

[Dixons Cider]

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/md500_vue2.jpg

Now someone tell me this thing aint sex on skids...!!!!!

[Canadian Rotorhead]

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/md500_vue2.jpg

Now someone tell me this thing aint sex on skids...!!!!!

I use to think so.

Nice bird but not a mchine to be stuck on with certain companies as it equates to grim jobsites.

CDN RH

[Wanna-be]

dont you think it looks like a football?

[Canadian Rotorhead]

dont you think it looks like a football?

The "Angry Egg" with a broom shoved up it's bum.

:)

Too fun to fly though, I'm told you can take off backwards in it almost as fast as you can cruise a Bell 47 G2 in forward flight.

(Don't try this)

[Dixons Cider]

The "Angry Egg" with a broom shoved up it's bum.

Ha ha, good one :ok: gotta lave your work there Kanuck rotorhead.

Truth is I'm actually a frustrated plank driver, so I cant comment on the virtues of Mr Hughes wonderful little machines, apart from a little bit of tooling around on a couple of occasions - however if I had the balls to jump the fence into the fling wing world......