Jay Kay Video - R44 v 2.7RS

[Heliarctic]

@FLY 7
Yeah, your right nice video...
A bit of music, a cool car, and a helicopter.
Lean back and enjoy it people...!
Why in the he** does it have to be beaten to death with:
"wasn´t he flying too low?"
" I wonder if that is legal?"
"rules say, regs. say"
bla bla bla....

[Runway101]

Can that really be true? Surely there must be instances where ANO rules conflict with the local flying rules? Does "...wherever they may be." really mean anywhere in the world?!

So in Vegas last year, I happily and legally flew down the strip at night in an N-reg, but I couldn't in a G-reg?! That's bizarre!

Not sure if it's true the other way around too (G in FAA land), but if you fly anything with a N on it outside the USA and there are conflicting regulations, the more limiting regulation is the one you have to go by...

[Max Shutterspeed]

At risk or re-igniting the legal fire, there's a Behind The Scenes video out now.



For the camera geeks, it seems to me like an awful lot of it was shot on the brilliant Canon 5D Mk2.

[SilsoeSid]

I'm reminded of the wise words of my first rotary instructor, before we even touched the aircraft;

"You start out with 2 bags.
One, a full bag of luck, the other an empty bag of experience.
The aim is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."


Still learning!
SS

[madman1145]

For the Robby haters, they seem to forget how much the R44 has in common with the classic Porsche 911 ..

Both of them has:
- A flat six piston engine
- A rear low mounted engine
- An air cooled engine

Show me what other heli has that many things in common with the great 911 ..
So a very appropriate heli to use in that movie, isn't it ..

- Madman

[eivissa]

Top Gear Apocalypse DVD

The latest Top Gear DVD features similar good shots of a Raven II chasing a Bowler.

Cant say the rest of the DVD is worth watching, but this scene is actually quite entertaining:

[JimBall]

TG shot at Anglesey about 2 months before JK shoot. And with Rule 5 exemptions in place.

[SilsoeSid]

For the Robby haters, they seem to forget how much the R44 has in common with the classic Porsche 911 ..

Both of them has:
- A flat six piston engine
- A rear low mounted engine
- An air cooled engine

Show me what other heli has that many things in common with the great 911 ..

Can we compare the R22 to a 2CV then? .....except that the 2CV can carry twice as many people

[eivissa]

...and the 22 has twice as many cylinders!

[FLY 7]

Top Gear's Richard Hammond has a 911 and an R44 RII.

Apparently, the Top Gear presenters constantly mock eachother's cars, interests, pursuits, etc, and Jeremy Clarkson refers to Hammond's Robinson as a 'Robin' (as in Reliant Robin ).

[osmosis]

I honestly don't know what all the fuss is about; the flying was as boring as bat****. You could have danced in the back of that Robbie it was so straight and level. I expected to get white knuckled from gripping the sides of the poota like the good title says but I'm afraid I collapsed from boredom. If you want something to watch have a look at some outback helimustering or some of our Kiwi friends deer hunting. THEY know how to work an airframe.

YouTube - R22 active mustering machine.avi

YouTube - 500 abuse

[farmpilot]

I think you will find it was shot with two 7D's

[JimBall]

Full Nemesis v R44

[Senior Pilot]

Originally Posted by G-JKAY

I shall not be posting on this forum again.

Space Cowboy

So it's Hi and Goodbye? Welcome to Rotorheads, I am sure that your input as a helicopter pilot would be welcome at any time

[EWD7]

Nice car, cool vid and great track.

Already got tickets for 19th April in Man.

If need somewhere to land in south Manchester Send PM

Safe flying

Fellow R44 owner

[EN48]

1/4 of a million pounds is alot of money.

Just barely getting started where helicopters are concerned. Entry level to be sure.

[EN48]

Show me what other heli has that many things in common with the great 911 ..

Well, just keep in mind that this is TODAY's Robbie you are comparing to a mid 1970's 911. Almost 4 decades later and the Robbie is still stuck in the 70's. Actually stuck in a much earlier time. Engine origin dates to 1940's or 1950's. Teetering 2 blade MR system dates to mid 1940's. Etc.

Now compare today's Robbie to today's 997 Turbo S. I think you will see that the similarities are slight. The R44 is a most primitive machine by comparison, and costs three times as much.

[starflex3]

If all you guy's who think flying helicopters low level is a dangerous activity, and it should never be done, THEN GO FLY AEROPLANES!
Get a life and have some fun!

[EN48]

I honestly don't know what all the fuss is about;

Agree. A pointless, "look at me, aint I cool" effort. Hard to believe that so much in the way of people, time and money was put into this. Perhaps for publicity, but then I dont have a clue as to who this bloke is (before or after the video.)

[madman1145]

EN48. You said it yourself. 997. So why bring that model on the table. Porsche might badge it as a 911, but it really isn't, is it?
Not having dicked down to details, but I bet the 997 has as much in common with the original 911 like the RS in the video, as the 959 has. And that one was advertised separately. And so was the 356 ..

If you compare the same decades between cars and helicopters, be fair and give them the same point of origin, the same timeline. When was the first car launched? - And the first helicopter?

I am certainly not denying that the Robby is a simple helicopter. By all means, it is, that is the whole point of Frank's design. KISS you know - Hence choosing the 2-blade design ..

So pick out a heli that has more in common with the classic Porsche 911 than the R44 ..

- madman