Crash-weary ex-pilot looking to train again in London?
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Enstroms anyone?
Probably because there aren't many around, so most people probably havent flown one. As far as I know you can only fly them at Shoreham and Barton. However, as an ab initio piston trainer I think they are great!
They feel big and solid, they have a 'proper' cyclic, there is no carb heat (in the 280fx) you can do autos to the ground, you can practice 'feet off' emergencies to the ground, they have a proper trimmer (Helps a lot on your cross countries!) and you could boil an egg between engine failure and the requirement to lower the lever. (not really but you know what I mean). So lets hear it for Enstrom!
However, all stories have two sides
- so - the downsides are that the early models have some aerodynamic issues with lack of power, tail rotor on the wrong side etc. but like everything, fly a new(ish) one and thats all been fixed.
They tend to be a bit more expensive than a Robbie or 300, because its a much bigger machine. (still a lot less than a turbine though!)
As with all things in flying and life you need to gather some information ( ideally from reliable sources) and then make you own decision thats what 'command' is all about.
However, if you run your own business that will pay for heli flying at turbine level you must know that already, in fact its probably why you came here in the first place!
Hope some of this helps. PM me if you want more info on Enstrom flying. Best price I know is £255/hr all in! My advice - dont forget it. If you're like the rest of us it will just eat away at you until you do it. So go do it!!
Regards
N/S
They feel big and solid, they have a 'proper' cyclic, there is no carb heat (in the 280fx) you can do autos to the ground, you can practice 'feet off' emergencies to the ground, they have a proper trimmer (Helps a lot on your cross countries!) and you could boil an egg between engine failure and the requirement to lower the lever. (not really but you know what I mean). So lets hear it for Enstrom!
However, all stories have two sides
- so - the downsides are that the early models have some aerodynamic issues with lack of power, tail rotor on the wrong side etc. but like everything, fly a new(ish) one and thats all been fixed. They tend to be a bit more expensive than a Robbie or 300, because its a much bigger machine. (still a lot less than a turbine though!)
As with all things in flying and life you need to gather some information ( ideally from reliable sources) and then make you own decision thats what 'command' is all about.
However, if you run your own business that will pay for heli flying at turbine level you must know that already, in fact its probably why you came here in the first place!
Hope some of this helps. PM me if you want more info on Enstrom flying. Best price I know is £255/hr all in! My advice - dont forget it. If you're like the rest of us it will just eat away at you until you do it. So go do it!!
Regards
N/S
