Helicopters flying for the disabled
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Experimental status would be a start - and that's not too difficult to get. Good design practice would be needed, but it has been done with 4 axis sidearm controllers.
There is a Bell47J in Arizona owned and flown by a disabled guy. The aircraft is STC certified with antitorque hand controls. I believe he has a lever on the cyclic to control the tailrotor.
In FAA land disabled people are people too. Forget it in JAA land.
In FAA land disabled people are people too. Forget it in JAA land.
Here you go, check out this previous thread:
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/190...-disabled.html
Particularly:
HTH
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/190...-disabled.html
Particularly:
I can be contacted at [email protected] thanks stewart mcQuillan
These 2 vids will also help:
First Paraplegic Flies Helicopter - Video
Paraplegic Pilot Flies!! - Video
First Paraplegic Flies Helicopter - Video
Paraplegic Pilot Flies!! - Video
Would have thought a cyclic twist grip would work and perhaps be more intuitive than foot pedals to a first timer. Talk about walking, chewing gum and juggling 5 balls at once though!
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Hand controls
As your friendly expert in disability & helos, developing the technology is all very well but what is your market? Me plus what, ten max? It's a lot of engineering design for very little return. And one other thing -- I can still fly a Jet Ranger but it takes me 20mins to get in the f*cker.
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"In FAA land disabled people are people too. Forget it in JAA land. "
i have to disagree with that statement, when i had a very serious motorbike accident that caused me to lose both my legs below the knee, although i was told by my FAA/JAA AME originally i would never fly again, a rather nice Doctor from the CAA, Dr. Paul Collins Howgill wrote me and told me if i wanted to get my class 1 medical back it was something i could achieve and i did.
With his help and guidance i accomplished a Medical Flight Test with an FI(E), in an R22, using my prosthetic limbs, and then i continued on to complete the conversion course from FAA CPL to JAA CPL also using false legs. Flight Test by Mr. Fred Cross.
In the past i may have been one of the first to maybe question or criticise the CAA but following my personal experience with the medical team at Gatwick i admit that i was very impressed and grateful.
Chester
i have to disagree with that statement, when i had a very serious motorbike accident that caused me to lose both my legs below the knee, although i was told by my FAA/JAA AME originally i would never fly again, a rather nice Doctor from the CAA, Dr. Paul Collins Howgill wrote me and told me if i wanted to get my class 1 medical back it was something i could achieve and i did.
With his help and guidance i accomplished a Medical Flight Test with an FI(E), in an R22, using my prosthetic limbs, and then i continued on to complete the conversion course from FAA CPL to JAA CPL also using false legs. Flight Test by Mr. Fred Cross.
In the past i may have been one of the first to maybe question or criticise the CAA but following my personal experience with the medical team at Gatwick i admit that i was very impressed and grateful.
Chester
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Good job Chester, sincerely. I often wonder if I should have pushed to get my ATPL(H) back but, I was told, it would take me 20-30 hours as well as the Class 1. A friend (Ian Craigwood) was willing to sponsor me for the 3hrs to PPL but 10x that would have been a bit much to ask.
And who would have given me a job at the end of it? At least the PPL proved I could still do it in a 206.
Chester, are you flying now? How do you manage diff braking/nose-wheel steering?
And who would have given me a job at the end of it? At least the PPL proved I could still do it in a 206.
Chester, are you flying now? How do you manage diff braking/nose-wheel steering?
