Yes, the first one was delivered to Helistream, Costa-Mesa CA at the end of October.

What's it like to fly?
 

R66 Flight Test now available here

R66 & Jet Ranger
 

Guys,

It will be a little while yet before most of us get to fly the new Robinson R66, so I am curious to hear from the few pilots that have flown the new machine as to how its flight characteristics, stability, inertia, power margins and vibration levels compare to the Jet Ranger (it's stated competitor).

All thoughts gratefully received.

CRAN
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When When When
 

Does anyone know when the 1st R66 will be available in the UK.

A type rating and SFH would be great but I would be satisfied (for now) with an hour flight training.

Thanks.
M

Heli Air are due #16 at the end of January or early Feb.

Sloane are due #17 shortly thereafter

A couple of short videos and piccies from the R66 launch at Heli Air this afternoon.









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Launch party
 

Of N-reg... ?

d3

It's not certified by EASA yet, so no possibility of registering on the G (or any other European register).

Out of interest does anyone know if RHC are working directly with EASA to get it certified, or are HeliAir / Sloanes / Dealers assisting or trying to get it done?

Ah good ol' HeliScare. Straight up into the H/V curve.

Good to see nothing changes... :rolleyes:

My thoughts exactly bravo73! :=

MADY

Looks flash though, :=

The R66 obviously has an engine that never fails because if there was the remotest possibility then the pilot would never have used that profile with those spectators so close now would he?

Anyone know who was flying the 66?
Looks like someone with more ego than experience. :eek:

Sean flew it.

I've no axe to grind here...'no harm no foul' and all that but as one of the throng standing in very close proximity to those blades I was surprised, to say the least, that this was allowed to happen given all the H & S directives these days :confused:

why all the pruning?
 

i thought the removed posts were pretty spot on and the youtube video did certainly NOT display a


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SP

Imagine if the donk had quit and it has crashed onto the pad. Not the kind of launch the R66 needs!

cjbiz :D Well said that man!

All this talk about professional airmanship and all i ever see is the opposite!

MADY

Well if that machime was on my AOC and I took off like that I would be having an interview without coffee with my ops inspector and quite rightly so.
SB may have flown everything but he has a lot to still learn, obviously!
If the donk did fail or tr come to that and someone was killed SB would be at Her majesty's pleasure so we wouldn't be worrying about whats going on at Heliair