The new Robinson R88!
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Bellfest,
In these days of composites and light weight ceramics, this state of the art rotorcraft will will no doubt be able to handle the loads placed on the tail boom. When the winch is being used it disables the Hellifires, if you need them in a hurry the PIC needs to decide what they are willing to risk more, the aircraft and it's occupants or the politician's daughter on the end of the cable!
CH
In these days of composites and light weight ceramics, this state of the art rotorcraft will will no doubt be able to handle the loads placed on the tail boom. When the winch is being used it disables the Hellifires, if you need them in a hurry the PIC needs to decide what they are willing to risk more, the aircraft and it's occupants or the politician's daughter on the end of the cable!
CH
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Originally Posted by Capt Hollywood
Bellfest,
When the winch is being used it disables the Hellifires,
the PIC needs to decide what they are willing to risk more, the aircraft and it's occupants or the politician's daughter on the end of the cable!
CH
When the winch is being used it disables the Hellifires,
the PIC needs to decide what they are willing to risk more, the aircraft and it's occupants or the politician's daughter on the end of the cable!
CH
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Got to be the funniest thread in the last 12 months.......Capt. HW......Keep the Genesis coming...............................with all those engines, especially on the Irish Varient...you could include a redundent NOTAR...for that dreaded EP loss of T/R ....???
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Capt Hollywood, my boss, the one with the bulging pockets has flatly refused to fork out $5000 for the chrome windscreen wipers. The mood in the office is pretty electric 'cause I'm in a huff as I think the boss is a skinflint and he doesn't have to fly in the rain. So I have to toe the line and say bye bye to that (brilliant) idea. I bet the miserable bean counter is behind all this!
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I bet the miserable bean counter is behind all this!
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Can anyone else hear the late Lu Zuckerman? He's laughing out loud. 
I'm sure I also just heard Nick Lappos revving up to tell us it's not as safe as the S-92.
I think it needs a bigger tail rotor.
I'm sure I also just heard Nick Lappos revving up to tell us it's not as safe as the S-92.
I think it needs a bigger tail rotor.
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So how much extra do we have to fork out for a gorgeous blonde hostess to look after the crew and pax?
She can always sit on my lap if the seats become taken! Or even join me in the jacuzzi on the Irish Model!!
She can always sit on my lap if the seats become taken! Or even join me in the jacuzzi on the Irish Model!!
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Another good option Cron, now available with all models.
CH
CH
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Capt Hollywood,
Just a thought
you may want to beef up that Fennestron to handle the torque of those big 214 blades
, but im guessing that with your fore thought into this project that the tail rotor already has enough grunt
great thread BTW mate!
Just a thought
you may want to beef up that Fennestron to handle the torque of those big 214 blades , but im guessing that with your fore thought into this project that the tail rotor already has enough grunt great thread BTW mate!
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Hhhhmmm, just as a part of the brain-storming mind...
how about a fire-bombing belly tank?
or, snow-landing skids?
coffee-cup holders??
or, um, oh.....
I get back to you.
how about a fire-bombing belly tank?
or, snow-landing skids?
coffee-cup holders??
or, um, oh.....
I get back to you.
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Good morning Whirlygig and Capt Hollywood.
I've just come out of a meeting with the boss, you know the skinflint with the bulging pockets, and he's still not happy at the cost of the now matt finished windscreen wipers. He's asked me to put it to you that if you do the chrome version at the reduced price then he'll fork out (reluctantly) 'cause he doesn't like to see me upset! You know how techy I can get!
I've just come out of a meeting with the boss, you know the skinflint with the bulging pockets, and he's still not happy at the cost of the now matt finished windscreen wipers. He's asked me to put it to you that if you do the chrome version at the reduced price then he'll fork out (reluctantly) 'cause he doesn't like to see me upset! You know how techy I can get!
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OK - $ 4,250 with chrome BUT, this price is dependant upon us receiving a signed Purchase Order from you by the end of next week (i.e. 17th Feb).
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Now that the design has reached the preferred VFR spec I think it is prudent to consider the IFR version and so a weather radar will be needed and traditionally this is bolted on the front but lets' look at alternatives. It's sunshining outside but I have the uneasy feeling that IMC conditions will occur sometime in the future. Then there is the twin pitot tubes to think about and the advanced instrument panel which might require a wider cabin.
The boss, the skinflint with the bulging pockets, has thrown in his pennyworth (yes, that's all he's going to commit himself to) and suggests passenger steps for his VIP ladies who more often than not wear tight skirts and have difficulty getting in and out. He hasn't set a limit to the costs so pruedence is required here.
The boss, the skinflint with the bulging pockets, has thrown in his pennyworth (yes, that's all he's going to commit himself to) and suggests passenger steps for his VIP ladies who more often than not wear tight skirts and have difficulty getting in and out. He hasn't set a limit to the costs so pruedence is required here.
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It is with a heavy heart that I am posting this image of the R88 during flight testing. This image was sent to me with a letter threatening to release the image to the international press if I didn't immediately halt further development of this concept. It seems the industry is not ready for such a radical design and 'they' thought that by releasing the photos prior to the actual aircraft launch date they could downplay the ground breaking concepts we have incorporated in the R88 before we had an opportunity to explain them to the world.
Well two can play at that game so here is the R88 in flight. Enjoy my friends, enjoy!
CH
Well two can play at that game so here is the R88 in flight. Enjoy my friends, enjoy!
CH
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Couldn't have said it better myself Cron. All classic aircraft that were ahead of their time that ended in failure.
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Capt Hollywood is a failure, he's not the visionary I first thought and he's failed me.
I'm grumpy 'cause the prototype flew without the chrome windscreen wipers. I suppose I'll get told that they were omitted on purpose either due to development glitches or that a CG limit would have been exceeded. Whatever, I should have been consulted. The boss< the skinflint with the bulging pockets, is delighted that the pilot preferred committee model has flown and he thiks it was fully equipted with all mods and cons.
Should I tell him the truth and spoil his weekend.
I'm grumpy 'cause the prototype flew without the chrome windscreen wipers. I suppose I'll get told that they were omitted on purpose either due to development glitches or that a CG limit would have been exceeded. Whatever, I should have been consulted. The boss< the skinflint with the bulging pockets, is delighted that the pilot preferred committee model has flown and he thiks it was fully equipted with all mods and cons.
Should I tell him the truth and spoil his weekend.