R22 Robbie bites the dust - Oz
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Oh dear!
Now you've shown your colours and frankly you appear not to have a clue do you?
Are you saying there is no flying difference between a Hughes 500 and a rubber band???? WTF.
Wait till nigelh learns of this
Are you sure you're not talking about radio controlled models R21butters?
Now you've shown your colours and frankly you appear not to have a clue do you?
Are you saying there is no flying difference between a Hughes 500 and a rubber band???? WTF.
Wait till nigelh learns of this
Are you sure you're not talking about radio controlled models R21butters?
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From: Auckland, New Zealand
If you look at all the posts from the legendary R22butters you will see that nearly every one is a sarcastic head up his ass post - wouldn't actually waste any time responding to him. Leave him to his world of Robbies.
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My hundred or so hours 44 time is divided between instrument training and some LE and mountain/canyon flying.
Then of course there's twenty incredibly fantastic hours flying a "photographer" around fishing tournaments in a Mariner with Boatpix back East!!!
,...but aside from wasting a bunch of money on these bull!!!! timebuilding and "go through our training program and we'll give you a job", "opportunities" in such awesome aircraft as the 500, 206, and 44,...
Most of my just under eight hundred hours is simply joyriding around San Francisco alone after sunset in a 22.
Have at it.
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Ahhh, leave Butters alone, he has strayed here from the Vertical Reference site, where he actually keeps the site ticking over.
Some of the comments might be a little wanting for content, but he is able to stir others into taking part.
Some of the comments might be a little wanting for content, but he is able to stir others into taking part.
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Is it just me or is this rather predictable "well done for getting rid of another one" stuff starting to wear a bit thin?
It was perhaps funny the first once or twice but really...? If that's all you've got to contribute about helicopter accidents then I am reminded of the phrase "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and prove it".
Robbo's have their weaknesses, and I've flown one unlike a lot of the armchair experts on here. I'd not choose to fly one again however this school playground knee-jerk nonsense is really starting to have a detrimental effect on any thread that involves a Robbo, overshadowing and discouraging real discussion. It's like the sad old git in the corner of the bar who keeps telling the same story over and over again because he's got nothing else to talk about.
It was perhaps funny the first once or twice but really...? If that's all you've got to contribute about helicopter accidents then I am reminded of the phrase "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and prove it".
Robbo's have their weaknesses, and I've flown one unlike a lot of the armchair experts on here. I'd not choose to fly one again however this school playground knee-jerk nonsense is really starting to have a detrimental effect on any thread that involves a Robbo, overshadowing and discouraging real discussion. It's like the sad old git in the corner of the bar who keeps telling the same story over and over again because he's got nothing else to talk about.
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R22butters
It was the Aussie pilots who called it the ROBBO, mainly because the poor 'Darlings' can't spell....hence;
Aussie (Australian) Some might use Ozzie, but those ones think R2D2 is a turbine powered R22
Robbo (Robinson)
and Aborigine.....
It was the Aussie pilots who called it the ROBBO, mainly because the poor 'Darlings' can't spell....hence;
Aussie (Australian) Some might use Ozzie, but those ones think R2D2 is a turbine powered R22
Robbo (Robinson)
and Aborigine.....
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mainly because the poor 'Darlings' can't spell.
So, leave us with our Robbos, bickies, dunnies and such. We might not be able to spell "BEER", though, we have to call it XXXX.
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you sir just won the internet
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Strewth! Ascend Charlie, I'm with you! Just because our ancestors were chosen by the crown to colonise Australia, the POMS think that they have the right to remove urine from us! The last time I was called "Darling" it was by an Englishman who really tried to be amazingly friendly with me! I used sand paper on his anatomy in a similar fashion to Warner and Co.!
This lot still think the only beer we drink is Fosters! I had some sent off for testing and the message came back that the horse was not fit for racing. Now I know XXXX is served in heaven (well Queensland is close enough!) Think about that next time you strap your laughing gear around a frothy chop! (XXXX is not served in America because there is a brand of profalactic called Fourrex so the slogan "I can feel a XXXX coming on" just didn't fit into the American political correctness regime.
As for Robbie-Robbo I went to school with a bloke called Robbo, and that's good enough for me.
On a more serious side, isn't it about time we had the ability to split threads so that the Robbie/Robbo-philes could be separated from the Robbire/Robbo-antagonists and then a third split for those who want to conduct serious discussions without t wanting to slag or praise the aircraft on purely personal opinions?
All the best
Blakmax
PS my favourite author coined the phrase "Twist to open", I can feel a XXXX coming on!
This lot still think the only beer we drink is Fosters! I had some sent off for testing and the message came back that the horse was not fit for racing. Now I know XXXX is served in heaven (well Queensland is close enough!) Think about that next time you strap your laughing gear around a frothy chop! (XXXX is not served in America because there is a brand of profalactic called Fourrex so the slogan "I can feel a XXXX coming on" just didn't fit into the American political correctness regime.
As for Robbie-Robbo I went to school with a bloke called Robbo, and that's good enough for me.
On a more serious side, isn't it about time we had the ability to split threads so that the Robbie/Robbo-philes could be separated from the Robbire/Robbo-antagonists and then a third split for those who want to conduct serious discussions without t wanting to slag or praise the aircraft on purely personal opinions?
All the best
Blakmax
PS my favourite author coined the phrase "Twist to open", I can feel a XXXX coming on!
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This is serious stuff JBL99, it is vital we either get the message to all future Robbo drivers - to find a less lethal option, or.......
Get existing Robbo's removed from the scene.
The journey continues, I'm afraid.......
Get existing Robbo's removed from the scene.
The journey continues, I'm afraid.......
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Get existing Robbo's removed from the scene.
Do we colonials have to tell you EVERYTHING??
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Frankly, the Australians have done remarkably well to outgrow the language disabilities handed down to them, chooks notwithstanding.
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From: Under a tree in the NT
coughs EC (H) 225 cough AW 139 with the bendy tailboom cough S-92A with the semi detached gearbox filter "sniff"
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On a more serious side, isn't it about time we had the ability to split threads so that the Robbie/Robbo-philes could be separated from the Robbire/Robbo-antagonists and then a third split for those who want to conduct serious discussions without t wanting to slag or praise the aircraft on purely personal opinions?
,...besides its more entertaining to make fun of the Robbophobes, especially since their "expert" cages are so easily rattled!
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From: Wanaka, NZ
They have form at removing themselves from the scene. Robbo bashing: I don't care one way or the other, each to their own. Water off a ducks back. Just read and move on. Not worth a song and dance about. I do see a positive in them. 100 hours in a Robbo in the early days was my career route to 7000 hours in medium twins. Lots of Robbos fell out of the sky when I was doing that 100 hours, fortunately none with me in them.
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
R22butters - I guess you haven't been on your side in a field in a Robbie then - it convinced me never to get in one again!
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For those of you whose minds will never change, just ignore this post.
Everyone else who is interested in where Robinsons really stand in the grand scheme of things, there was some reasonable and semi-extensive discussion in this thread without a lot of drama:
Another Robinson crash
I continue to stand by my summary statement in that thread, which, paraphrased just a tiny bit, was: Robinson's have a history, of that let there be no doubt. But at the current state of evolution of the designs, and SFAR 73, it would seem that, for the past few years anyway, performance and safety are comparable to other helicopters when operated in a manner consistent with lightweight, low inertia characteristics. At least based on US data. Outside of the US it would seem things are not so rosy.
Everyone else who is interested in where Robinsons really stand in the grand scheme of things, there was some reasonable and semi-extensive discussion in this thread without a lot of drama:
Another Robinson crash
I continue to stand by my summary statement in that thread, which, paraphrased just a tiny bit, was: Robinson's have a history, of that let there be no doubt. But at the current state of evolution of the designs, and SFAR 73, it would seem that, for the past few years anyway, performance and safety are comparable to other helicopters when operated in a manner consistent with lightweight, low inertia characteristics. At least based on US data. Outside of the US it would seem things are not so rosy.