Identify this Old/Strange Heli
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Identify this Old/Strange Heli
Yesterday at about 1430Hrs flying East to West from Direction of Leeds(EGNM) towards either Blackpool(Egnh) or Liverpool(Eggp) I watched a very strange looking Heli, it almost resembled a Garden shed with a very short yet High fixed tail rotor, and a small diameter main rotor I think it had three blades , was powered by what sounded to be a four cylider piston and was getting along nicely at about 50 /60 knots.
It was darkish green or blue and looked in good nick flying at about 350/450 ft, looked very ancient.
Anybody got any ideas, Ive looked in my books but cant find anything that resembles it with the exception of the front of the Horsa Glider from WW11.
PeterR-B
It was darkish green or blue and looked in good nick flying at about 350/450 ft, looked very ancient.
Anybody got any ideas, Ive looked in my books but cant find anything that resembles it with the exception of the front of the Horsa Glider from WW11.
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Thanks but none of these, the cabin was about twice the size of the skeeter, and it was very angular at the front with slab sides, the tail boom seemed short in comparison with the cab.
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Wheels or skids?
Apart from the piston-engine mention, your description sounds a bit like the Westland Wasp.
Apart from the piston-engine mention, your description sounds a bit like the Westland Wasp.
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Good point on the Wasp, but the piston sound? The Wasp/ Scout is very distinctive. Peter, art thou certain it wuz a piston?
(Dragonfly again??) - Russian??
(Dragonfly again??) - Russian??
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It had skids, and was most defo a Piston, I was on the telphone outside and my caller asked "what is that bloody racket"
Looking at the picture of the wasp, it had a tail boom about the same sort of height but only about 75% of length, and the cabin ended where the rotor mast is on the wasp, but it had dead straight sides, reminded me of very old type of Van it was so angular!
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Are there any Vintage Choppers still able to fly about?
Looking at the picture of the wasp, it had a tail boom about the same sort of height but only about 75% of length, and the cabin ended where the rotor mast is on the wasp, but it had dead straight sides, reminded me of very old type of Van it was so angular!
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Are there any Vintage Choppers still able to fly about?
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To summarise the evidence so far:-
Its got skids not wheels (Goodbye Wasp or Skeeter but Scout?)
Piston engine (Goodbye Scout)
A tailboom shorter than a Scout/ Wasp
Very slow
Cab like a Scout/ Wasp
Straight sides like a van
?????
Its the piston sound that gets me. Without it it sounds like a Scout (a lot about) or even an Allouette II
Square van = Dragonfly but none on the CAA register.
Must be Russian if not a Scout.
NB, I see G-INFO has been updated and reformatted on the CAA website.
Its got skids not wheels (Goodbye Wasp or Skeeter but Scout?)
Piston engine (Goodbye Scout)
A tailboom shorter than a Scout/ Wasp
Very slow
Cab like a Scout/ Wasp
Straight sides like a van
?????
Its the piston sound that gets me. Without it it sounds like a Scout (a lot about) or even an Allouette II
Square van = Dragonfly but none on the CAA register.
Must be Russian if not a Scout.
NB, I see G-INFO has been updated and reformatted on the CAA website.
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Right O, I will have a check on their site, It wasn't a Dragonfly, Ive sat in one of those at YAM.
Somewhere in the far reaches of my memory I feel it has been on one of the Discovery programs. but , we humans will overcome and give our best, watch this space, or if somone comes up with something else, get it in here!
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Somewhere in the far reaches of my memory I feel it has been on one of the Discovery programs. but , we humans will overcome and give our best, watch this space, or if somone comes up with something else, get it in here!
PeterR-B
