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Anyone had a problem with the 505 tail rotor control cable pulley? My port aft has just cr@ped out on me. Any advice appreciated.
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The 505 wasn't modelled as a progression from the B206 "Jet Ranger".
To me it looks like they used the B47J "Ranger" as a starting point? All steel tube and screws.
To me it looks like they used the B47J "Ranger" as a starting point? All steel tube and screws.
Heh. When I first saw the 505 with its steel tube frame covered by sheet metal, I thought to myself how similar it was to things that Bell had built before. Like the 47J. I laughed and thought, "This thing is just a gussied-up J-model!" Only uglier. Way, waaaaay uglier. And let's not forget, in 1962, Bell built a J-model with a turbine engine! That would be the HUL-1M, powered by the (then) 250 h.p. Allison 250 engine. Okay, but,..but...the 505 is such a great leap forward in "technology." Right. Like, uhhh, what sort of new tech? Oh yeah, it's got FADEC on the French engine. Aaaaaand...hmm...what else? Well, at least it's got a flat floor! Man, when it comes to helicopters, there is really very little "new" under the sun.
Heh. When I first saw the 505 with its steel tube frame covered by sheet metal, I thought to myself how similar it was to things that Bell had built before. Like the 47J. I laughed and thought, "This thing is just a gussied-up J-model!" Only uglier. Way, waaaaay uglier. And let's not forget, in 1962, Bell built a J-model with a turbine engine! That would be the HUL-1M, powered by the (then) 250 h.p. Allison 250 engine. Okay, but,..but...the 505 is such a great leap forward in "technology." Right. Like, uhhh, what sort of new tech? Oh yeah, it's got FADEC on the French engine. Aaaaaand...hmm...what else? Well, at least it's got a flat floor! Man, when it comes to helicopters, there is really very little "new" under the sun.
Heh. When I first saw the 505 with its steel tube frame covered by sheet metal, I thought to myself how similar it was to things that Bell had built before. Like the 47J. I laughed and thought, "This thing is just a gussied-up J-model!" Only uglier. Way, waaaaay uglier. And let's not forget, in 1962, Bell built a J-model with a turbine engine! That would be the HUL-1M, powered by the (then) 250 h.p. Allison 250 engine. Okay, but,..but...the 505 is such a great leap forward in "technology." Right. Like, uhhh, what sort of new tech? Oh yeah, it's got FADEC on the French engine. Aaaaaand...hmm...what else? Well, at least it's got a flat floor! Man, when it comes to helicopters, there is really very little "new" under the sun.
Heh. When I first saw the 505 with its steel tube frame covered by sheet metal, I thought to myself how similar it was to things that Bell had built before. Like the 47J. I laughed and thought, "This thing is just a gussied-up J-model!" Only uglier. Way, waaaaay uglier. And let's not forget, in 1962, Bell built a J-model with a turbine engine! That would be the HUL-1M, powered by the (then) 250 h.p. Allison 250 engine. Okay, but,..but...the 505 is such a great leap forward in "technology." Right. Like, uhhh, what sort of new tech? Oh yeah, it's got FADEC on the French engine. Aaaaaand...hmm...what else? Well, at least it's got a flat floor! Man, when it comes to helicopters, there is really very little "new" under the sun.
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There's nothing digital about an autorotation (yet). I trust the tubes & wires any day on a 47, a Lama or a 500 to keep me in one piece during an unanticipated landing over an android operated system or some composite. Horses for courses I guess.