Dynamic Rollover video in Rotorway
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Regarding the Rotorway rollover video:
When you consider this guy is flying a helicopter that he built himself in his own garage we have to recognize a significant accomplishment. Many of us "professionals" without a scratch on our records are not qualified to change an oil filter let alone build the complete machine we are flying in.
We can fault this rookie pilot with not enough training or experience trying to solo but take a look at our "professionally trained" students in the industry and you will find plenty of crack-ups there too.
I do not know this Rotorway owner personally , but for all we know he has rebuilt his machine and and is flying right now as we type to each other about how smart we are.
I find it a fascinating concept that in some parts of the world a man can actually build his own helicopter in his own garage and go flying without being crushed under the thumb of a King or a Queen or a lord or a landlord or a baron or a thousand regulators who only know how to type regulations to keep people on the ground .
Practically every one of our aviation pioneers and inventers started out as home builders and most cracked up the first prototypes. Even our beloved Frank R. started out on his kitchen table before his wife kicked him out to the garage.
Even his first prototype had to be fished out of the ocean but the pilot survived.
Even in modern day we have homebuilders who have designed, built, and flown an ultralight helicopter that weighes less than 254 pounds. It can do full down hovering auto's from 30 feet . Hundreds are flying for hundreds of hours with no mechanical issues.
Like I said , notwithstanding rookie pilot errors , I still find the home built concept an amazing category and I hope it never gets regulated to death.
With modern day networking and the internet , these plumbers, and carpenters and farmers work closely together on their homebuilts and share endless safety tips and concerns. Our beloved CAA and FAA work at the speed of molasses by comparison.
Three cheers for the homebuilder who has the freedom to kill himself in as many ways as possible if he is not careful.
Heck , I know a literal homebuilder (a guy that built his own house) who died when he flew off the roof because the wind caught the sheet plywood he was carrying. The regulators are still trying to figure out if it was a carpenter error or a flying error.
Best regards to all the folks who value freedom.
Arnie Madsen
When you consider this guy is flying a helicopter that he built himself in his own garage we have to recognize a significant accomplishment. Many of us "professionals" without a scratch on our records are not qualified to change an oil filter let alone build the complete machine we are flying in.
We can fault this rookie pilot with not enough training or experience trying to solo but take a look at our "professionally trained" students in the industry and you will find plenty of crack-ups there too.
I do not know this Rotorway owner personally , but for all we know he has rebuilt his machine and and is flying right now as we type to each other about how smart we are.
I find it a fascinating concept that in some parts of the world a man can actually build his own helicopter in his own garage and go flying without being crushed under the thumb of a King or a Queen or a lord or a landlord or a baron or a thousand regulators who only know how to type regulations to keep people on the ground .
Practically every one of our aviation pioneers and inventers started out as home builders and most cracked up the first prototypes. Even our beloved Frank R. started out on his kitchen table before his wife kicked him out to the garage.
Even his first prototype had to be fished out of the ocean but the pilot survived.Even in modern day we have homebuilders who have designed, built, and flown an ultralight helicopter that weighes less than 254 pounds. It can do full down hovering auto's from 30 feet . Hundreds are flying for hundreds of hours with no mechanical issues.
Like I said , notwithstanding rookie pilot errors , I still find the home built concept an amazing category and I hope it never gets regulated to death.
With modern day networking and the internet , these plumbers, and carpenters and farmers work closely together on their homebuilts and share endless safety tips and concerns. Our beloved CAA and FAA work at the speed of molasses by comparison.
Three cheers for the homebuilder who has the freedom to kill himself in as many ways as possible if he is not careful.
Heck , I know a literal homebuilder (a guy that built his own house) who died when he flew off the roof because the wind caught the sheet plywood he was carrying. The regulators are still trying to figure out if it was a carpenter error or a flying error.
Best regards to all the folks who value freedom.
Arnie Madsen
