Heli-bike-tours
 

What is the best way to carry mountain bikes on a helicopter, are there any approved bike racks on the market?
Or perhaps is it mostly done externally? Any pictures are appreciated
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Use a large enough helicopter?

http://www.rotaryaction.com/images/bigcopter.jpg

This quite common in Canada in the summer months. Most do it via a net slung underneath.

You call that a helicopter?
 

That's no helicopter.

http://www.pakshark.com/wp-content/u...-helicoper.jpg

That's a helicopter.

Check Halfords they do a few combo ones

Nice one ab that made me chuckle
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I did some STC approval flights for a dual bike rack on an AS-350 several years ago. Fastest ever for a mountain bike - 140KIAS or so...

The "keep it simple" is usually the best way, but I saw pictures from NZ of some rack that was strapped on top of the skids on AS-350 and thought maybe someone was making approved racks but then again that was probably just some home-made rack and that will surely not work in the lovely world of EASA regulations so I think underslung is the only "right" way to do it.
SWAGMAN Bike Racks
this could be the solution to do it and sling the whole thing

So there is one then....

The hotel-i-copter .. will it copter for a day or more, if they sell rooms by the day ?? :mad:

I'll see if I can find some suitable photos.
And figure out how to upload them.

Found 'em, and more importantly figured out how to post them... Here's one:[IMG]http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q.../BikeRack1.jpg[/IMG]

And here's the other one. Quite clever design to hold the bikes in place at Vne.
[IMG]http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...Rack2small.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks Shawn, love those pictures.

Have a look here: Helibike in New Zealand, NZ

Been around in NZ for years... ;)

http://www.helibike.com/images_galle...3-imgp1435.jpg

the C-reg machine pic'd above belongs (belonged?) to Ahlstrom Air Service of nordegg alberta. google 'em for a few more pics and/or contact info if you like. nice guys who i'm sure would be willing to advise if you ask politely ;)
FP.