Humble guy making sensible claims and not offering it to fools for no money... the polar opposite of Hill (with an H).

4 months until it flies...

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....2b267e9696.png

Oink, oink, oink:)

start the slow defrost now?

you don't want to rush it and have to defrost in the microwave at 11pm on 31st Dec

I think the use of the words 'currently scheduled to take flight' leaves loads of room for slippage (sorry, rescheduling) - getting test flying done in winter weather will be interesting.

Haters gonna hate I guess.

Quoting Taylor Swift lyrics? Must be that discerning sense of style and taste Hill keeps telling us his market has :E

No haters here - just people who want to see the promises materialise - Hill set himself on a pedestal making bold claims about a product he hadn't built - is he worthy of that pedestal or is he a false idol being worshipped?

Ain't it funny? Rumors fly
And I know you heard about Hill's
So hey, let's be friends
I'm dying to see how this grift ends
Grab Hill's door handle and my hand
He can make bad promises good... for at least a decade

My own personal prediction is that Hill will get - -something- in the air by Spring 2024, there will be fancy video etc and lots of talk, and this will unlock a ton of new funding/orders, and this saga will run for another 5 years at least

Haha I literally have no idea about this sorry to disappoint

I don't think anyone hates Hill or wants this to fail but he just needs to be more realistic on the time scales. I hope he does make this a success, provide a large amount of direct/indirect jobs and also help bring back aircraft manufacture to the UK. If I had the money, I would invest in an attractive looking HX50 rather than other say a new R44/R66 or a 505!

He can't control the planning purpose, which may have a big effect on the time scales, but he should give updates to manage clients/buyers expectations.

Simple questions as I have no idea about these,
Once a helicopter is 50+% built by the owner , what are there any restrictions on the flights? Is there a minimum hours requirement within a certain range of the "build area" ?

Would it not have been better to build the factory on an existing airfield ? Personally, I would have put in planning permissions at atleast two different sites so that the councils would be aware that they could loose lots of jobs by rejecting the planning.

I am a resident in the village sorry hamlet and I'd like Dr Hill to tell me where he's got that figure of 1.5m to the area for hospitality when he couldn't answer at the local planning meeting i attended how many decibels take off would be ?
You couldnt spend that in 2 years around here never mind 2 weeks !

Even the planning committee won't fall for that.
As for Stoke Air Ambulance .... pfffft

I do feel it was idiotic for him not to build at or near an airport; people complain about noise from airports too but they were the ones that bought houses near an airport so they have nothing to complain about. But these farmers do have legitimate concerns because Hill is trying to build a heliport where previously there was none, so that would be noise that wasn't there before. They're not that loud of course (not like jets) but obviously property owners will try to stop it.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....7687df017a.png

Are they electromechanical servos controlling the lower swash plate in place of hydraulics?

The main rotors appear to attach and feather/flap/lead-lag through the use a flex beam and pitch case setup a bit like the MD902 (one of the smoothest helicopters out there).

For a helicopter that is due to be flying in 4 months time, that's a lovely render of something that isn't built yet.

I know there is logic for everything, but I am not so excited about the mixing unit in the elements at the rotor head, and push-pull cable controls for a single hydraulic craft.

from facebook

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....7a04ce5d43.png

over 900 orders placed so far.

some questions at the end, nobody asked "when will it fly?". very odd.