Looks like the Cabri's got some competition!

[9Aplus]

Originally Posted by r22butters

This has come up before. I remember a guy who wrote about building time in a helicycle then getting on at the Grand Canyon. Seems, if you can pass the interview flight, turbine time is turbine time they don't care!

Second to that, I remember second one who gain job on offshore single turbine after 1000 h on helicycle...

[212man]

Originally Posted by 9Aplus

Collective on wrong side ?!
Tethering rotor :/
The only good news is nice PBS turbine....

looking at other videos I suspect that portion was in mirror image and it has conventional controls. Not sure how track and balance will suffer having a fabric parachute in a box on the head!

[skadi]

Originally Posted by 212man

looking at other videos I suspect that portion was in mirror image and it has conventional controls. Not sure how track and balance will suffer having a fabric parachute in a box on the head!

I think, the box is static and not turning with the rotor.

skadi

[HeliHenri]

Originally Posted by TorqueStripe

What makes you believe this is an ultra light? The article mentions it is fulfilling CS-27 requirements, and as already mentioned, the MTOW is slightly more than a R22.

Hello TorqueStripe,

I try to stick to facts about technicals matters and safety (I'm a kind of a safety maniac I must say, sorry about that !).

The article say that Curty is folowing closely CS-27 and that is a very good thing (if it's true) but there is a slight difference between to folow closely and to comply : the certification !
Zefhir come from the DISRUPT european project that was conceived to "satisfay market demand for a more secure and reliable ultralight helicopter" : Disrupt

And if you read in full the article you'll read "in light of the new European regulation which will raise the take-off weight limit to 600 kilograms, the procedure to obtain a Type Certificate as ultralight with DULV (Deutschen Ultraleichtflugverband) is underway. This certification will in the next few months open the way to use Zefhir for all recreational and sports applications, as well as flight schools for ultralight helicopters, in Germany and in any country that recognizes the German ultralight certification."
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[HeliHenri]

Originally Posted by aa777888

Nor do you, hh. It would not be an ultralight in the US.

Hello aa777888,
I do read read the posts.
It will not fly in the US, it will be (if the project comes to an happy end) an ultralight in Europe so too heavy for the US.
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[9Aplus]

It is known fact that this version of PBS turbine is not certified. That may be the major obstacle along the way of full CS27 certification.

[whoknows idont]

Project co-funded by European Commission under the SME Instrument, Horizon 2020.

So yet another project aimed at milking the EU cash cow, just like the Diesel EC120?
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Spoiler

 

 

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The SME instrument is part of the European Innovation Council pilot (EIC pilot). This was launched on 27th October 2017 as part of the Horizon 2020 Work programme 2018-2020, when the SME Instrument, the Fast Track to Innovation (FTI), Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Open and Horizon Prizes, were brought under the EIC pilot umbrella, to provide a 'one stop shop' for funding of innovators/innovations in the EU.Horizon 2020 funds high-potential innovation developed by SMEs through the SME instrument. The SME instrument offers Europe's brightest and boldest entrepreneurs the chance to step forward and request funding for breakthrough ideas with the potential to create entirely new markets or revolutionise existing ones.Provided with about € 1.6 billion in funding over the period 2018-2020, the SME Instrument will support groundbreaking innovative ideas for products, services or processes that are ready to conquer global markets. Available to SMEs only, the new scheme offers phased, progressive and complementary support to the development of out-of-the-box ideas. There are no predefined topics for the SME instrument call; only the most excellent and impactful ideas will receive support.In the last three years of implementation, around 4000 SMEs will be selected to receive funding under the SME instrument call.

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[HeliHenri]

Originally Posted by 9Aplus

It is known fact that this version of PBS turbine is not certified. That may be the major obstacle along the way of full CS27 certification.

Hello D,
Everything is difficult to get certified !
I don't even think about the ballistic parachute !
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