You want me to test fly what...?
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Now I know who stole my brush cutter.....
Love the fuel cell parked abeam the RHS of Test pilots head...
"Practice"...Failure of one of the rotor systems (Dizzy drill go!)
Love the fuel cell parked abeam the RHS of Test pilots head...
"Practice"...Failure of one of the rotor systems (Dizzy drill go!)
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Confused
Is it just me, but does this contraption only get into the air due to the strength of the "pilots" legs? The limited height it attains seems to be proportional to the amount of "shove" he uses.
It looks more like a glorified pogo stick!!
It looks more like a glorified pogo stick!!
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TG - seems it's nearly at the lift/weight equilibrium, so if Pilot Pete lays off the pies, he might make some height.
Alternatively he could dump something ...
Alternatively he could dump something ...
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There y'go nigelh,
if yer hadda had that strapped to yer noggin fer 35,000 hours like yer reckon yer had one day, well you'd be deaf ~ and mad.
how lucky you are
time for another beer and rum chaser mate.
if yer hadda had that strapped to yer noggin fer 35,000 hours like yer reckon yer had one day, well you'd be deaf ~ and mad.
how lucky you are
time for another beer and rum chaser mate.
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That was the bigges cyclic i have ever seen.
It flew as well as a dead horse as, but great for bounching around the landscape like tigger in winnie d puh.....
It flew as well as a dead horse as, but great for bounching around the landscape like tigger in winnie d puh.....
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Even the skydiver in the background (who has just landed after jumping out of a serviceable aircraft) is thinking "Jees, and these people call us crazy".
LM
LM
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This gives a whole new meaning to rigid rotor. I didn't see a swash plate in there anywhere (so no collective pitch control for an autorotation). I'd say the rotors are fixed pitch and that lift is controlled by RPM. Lateral motion looks to be controlled by manually tilting the rotors with the landing gear poles.
Very scary!!!
Very scary!!!
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I love toys like this , it makes us think and wonder !!
Sure I dont want my head an inch from a mixmaster but some PPL do & good for them ....YAY I say YAY.
go for it , fly it , take to the sky's how ever you can I say !
Why do some of us cry & carry on like children when we see something WE dont like , who cares about your opinion...REALLY !!
The guy just needed a lower density altitude , Or a little less Gross and he was flying around all of us wowsers saying " Weeeeeeeeee " a few times as he laps us over head LOL.
Shut it some and let the guy do what he wants , we carry on about the fun
police disagreeing with our enjoyments , flying a helicopter or what ever &
yet I am willing to bet a whole nights bar tab that this guy has stopped at
LEAST 1 time and thought to himself that, yes there are some awefully
damned fast bamix blender blades very close to the box that contains my
thoughts and though it's a bad thing if my box gets into those blades whilst
they are set to Frappe` , I say DAMN THE WOWSERS & I am going to fly it
anyway !
Weeeeeeeeee Weeeeeeeeeeeee ee ee eeeeeeeeeeeee ahhh
haaaaaa haaaaaaaaa aaaa wooooooooooooo " !!!
Something like this anyway
HF
Onyer old fella, I'll buy you a beer some day...I wonder who you are?
Maybe an old test pilot for some neat goverment dept , or heli manufacturer, or maybe an old war pilot seen a heap of crap in his time , enough crap that he thought screw the risks , I am just gonna fly my machine my way !!! Damn the Wowsers !!, OR maybe he is just some crazy old guy that stole someones brush cutter & found a few old blades & cut them down to size & srapped them together with back pack and a fuel tank for a reference point !
I AM HELOFAN & with the powers of rotorary aviation vested in me by the old and wise, I close my eyes & and with a shake of my magic wand , I utter these words "Wowsers be gone " !!
Damn all the idiots (oops sorry Wowsers) are still here.
Good for him and well done !!
Sure I dont want my head an inch from a mixmaster but some PPL do & good for them ....YAY I say YAY.
go for it , fly it , take to the sky's how ever you can I say !
Why do some of us cry & carry on like children when we see something WE dont like , who cares about your opinion...REALLY !!
The guy just needed a lower density altitude , Or a little less Gross and he was flying around all of us wowsers saying " Weeeeeeeeee " a few times as he laps us over head LOL.
Shut it some and let the guy do what he wants , we carry on about the fun
police disagreeing with our enjoyments , flying a helicopter or what ever &
yet I am willing to bet a whole nights bar tab that this guy has stopped at
LEAST 1 time and thought to himself that, yes there are some awefully
damned fast bamix blender blades very close to the box that contains my
thoughts and though it's a bad thing if my box gets into those blades whilst
they are set to Frappe` , I say DAMN THE WOWSERS & I am going to fly it
anyway !
Weeeeeeeeee Weeeeeeeeeeeee ee ee eeeeeeeeeeeee ahhh
haaaaaa haaaaaaaaa aaaa wooooooooooooo " !!!
Something like this anyway
HF
Onyer old fella, I'll buy you a beer some day...I wonder who you are?
Maybe an old test pilot for some neat goverment dept , or heli manufacturer, or maybe an old war pilot seen a heap of crap in his time , enough crap that he thought screw the risks , I am just gonna fly my machine my way !!! Damn the Wowsers !!, OR maybe he is just some crazy old guy that stole someones brush cutter & found a few old blades & cut them down to size & srapped them together with back pack and a fuel tank for a reference point !
I AM HELOFAN & with the powers of rotorary aviation vested in me by the old and wise, I close my eyes & and with a shake of my magic wand , I utter these words "Wowsers be gone " !!
Damn all the idiots (oops sorry Wowsers) are still here.
Good for him and well done !!
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Helofan
And your point is????
Whatever you've been taking this morning, methinks you'd best not fly until the effect has worn off........
However, reading between your lines, maybe you are trying to say "Each to their own!" But why use 4 words when a few hundred will suffice........?
Whatever you've been taking this morning, methinks you'd best not fly until the effect has worn off........
However, reading between your lines, maybe you are trying to say "Each to their own!" But why use 4 words when a few hundred will suffice........?
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Actually I quit smoking 2 days go...does it show?
Yes ciggerettes , not the other stuff , cant quit something you dont do LOL.
Actually cut out all the "INES" this week, Nicotine, Caffine, & Taurine.... that stuff is in energy drinks ( so no more of those for a while...actually did you know its also in cat food...that cant be good for one of us.... not that I have a cat...I dont just useless fact # 7563 I know.....
I thought the words I chose were far more colourful & almost story like , slightly poetic yet going somewhere ??
If nothing else funny??!!
I liked the comment from Airbourne Artist LOL .. ahh I can see it now !!
Ahh well.
Yes ciggerettes , not the other stuff , cant quit something you dont do LOL.
Actually cut out all the "INES" this week, Nicotine, Caffine, & Taurine.... that stuff is in energy drinks ( so no more of those for a while...actually did you know its also in cat food...that cant be good for one of us.... not that I have a cat...I dont just useless fact # 7563 I know.....
I thought the words I chose were far more colourful & almost story like , slightly poetic yet going somewhere ??
If nothing else funny??!!
I liked the comment from Airbourne Artist LOL .. ahh I can see it now !!
Ahh well.
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I agree with Helofan. This thing flies and that is quite an achievement for a human.
If he stays near the ground and flies slow it could be relatively safe. Plenty of uses for such a device. Looks like he was learning to fly it. Could he teach himself to fly in a R22 as well? I dont think so.
If he stays near the ground and flies slow it could be relatively safe. Plenty of uses for such a device. Looks like he was learning to fly it. Could he teach himself to fly in a R22 as well? I dont think so.
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Quote about above 'helicopter', by Cita
"This video clip was taken at an airfield at 4000ft hence the problem to get in the air.
I saw this helicopter flying last month in Wels,Austria (300 ft) and he didn't had any problem getting out of groundeffect!
Mr. Schöffman is the designer/builder/pilot and it's probably the simplest helicopter I've ever seen.
Due to the bad weather the flight lasted only a couple of minutes."
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"This video clip was taken at an airfield at 4000ft hence the problem to get in the air.
I saw this helicopter flying last month in Wels,Austria (300 ft) and he didn't had any problem getting out of groundeffect!
Mr. Schöffman is the designer/builder/pilot and it's probably the simplest helicopter I've ever seen.
Due to the bad weather the flight lasted only a couple of minutes."
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Dave,
I take it the rotors both gimbol on the same head? I'm did wonder about a perspex screen to ensure tired arms couldn't stretch too far. Couldn't see means of pitch control so is it self AOA reflex sections, relying on RRPM? How does pilot flare in auto?
PS Workload a bit high right now, so PPRuNe on back burner...
Mart
I take it the rotors both gimbol on the same head? I'm did wonder about a perspex screen to ensure tired arms couldn't stretch too far. Couldn't see means of pitch control so is it self AOA reflex sections, relying on RRPM? How does pilot flare in auto?
PS Workload a bit high right now, so PPRuNe on back burner...
Mart
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Mart,
Re Cita;
It appears that the rotor assembly is gimbaled to the 'fuselage'. However, it also appears that the cyclic control is by weight shifting and the gimbal exists so that the weight of the 'fuselage' shifts with the weight of the pilot.
Re Schoffman;
Here is a picture of the backpack craft, which shows it's details. The rotor-blades are Ivo Props largest propellers.
Those interested in 'backpack rotorcraft' can go to an unnamed [rotary xxxx forum] and do a search on [Cita].
Heliport ~ as per your instructions no forum has been mentioned
Dave
Re Cita;
It appears that the rotor assembly is gimbaled to the 'fuselage'. However, it also appears that the cyclic control is by weight shifting and the gimbal exists so that the weight of the 'fuselage' shifts with the weight of the pilot.
Re Schoffman;
Here is a picture of the backpack craft, which shows it's details. The rotor-blades are Ivo Props largest propellers.
Those interested in 'backpack rotorcraft' can go to an unnamed [rotary xx
xx forum] and do a search on [Cita]. Heliport ~ as per your instructions no forum has been mentioned
Dave