So when the Fuel Shut-OFF is 'ON' does that mean its open or shut (I know I know but really)
How about Fuel Supply ON / OFF ?


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same in the R22/R44, it's always referred to as the "fuel shut off valve"

Hard to sell any deposits based on an engine and gearbox design alone.

CAD made things a lot easier in that regard.

Does anyone know the answers to these questions?

CRAN?

The video of the main presentation is now up on their YouTube channel.

That switch panel is lacking common sense.

The Fuel switch should show "FUEL" as its main caption, with the up position marked "ON" and the 90 right position "SHUTOFF"
The Gen switch has the lower position marked RESET and OFF, normally it would be OFF and then a spring-loaded spot below that marked "RESET"
The engine seems to lack ducting to take the gases from the N1 turbine (has proper inlet duct from combustor) and guide them onto the N2 wheel. Just looks like the hot gas expands into a big box and the only way out is the N2 wheel.
It must be for space considerations, but using 2 x 45 degree gearboxes to get the driveshaft from the engine to the transmission is introducing complexity and more ways to develop problems.

But let's wait and see. And wait. And wait.

Is this the first Hill video that you’ve watched? Those ‘two clowns’ have been part of the marketing effort for the past few years. One is a an experienced flight instructor (with his own YouTube channel) and the other has obviously flown around the world. They aren’t going anywhere.

And, btw, who is ‘Richard’ Hill? You’ve just been watching a long presentation from Dr Jason Hill (AKA CRAN, FWIW). :}

Hill states at 1:04:22 that “we have an inter duct that’s missing from this because it’s a stand”.

Top tip: don't have a conversation about someone called Richard while you are in the middle of typing a forum post! :O

My apologies, it was of course Jason, not Richard! And yes, I have caught most of the web presentations so far, so I am aware of the identity and background of Mischa and Ruben. I know they are an established part of the program and have been for some time - and I am sure they are contributing plenty off stage - but I personally thought their stage antics (and volume) detracted from the presentation.

Richa- no, Jason, seems to absolutely know his product inside out. The "hype men" felt unnecessary and somewhat at odds with the otherwise professional presentation of the whole thing. But hey, maybe I'm just out of touch and the crowd like to have the main speaker get interrupted and spoken over.

I chatted with two people today (one engineer and one pilot) who were both at the presentation yesterday and that was their only real critique of the event. Otherwise they were impressed with what they saw and what they learned from other Hill staff afterwards.

I don't disagree with you in the round but the gen switch could be a simple 2 position switch with the OFF also being RESET. While most ac I've flown have a separate reset position (usually to cycle power to gen control units and such) there are some setups that inherently do that in the OFF position. Not seen one in aviation, but they do exist outside, so I could believe Hill has included that for simplicity.

Aside from that, I find the display HMI fairly honking. Speed as a strip across the top of the display is pretty counter-intuitive for one. That said, for an "experimental" changing software is easy if you gaff off all the niceties of assurance levels. However, if you're adhering to DO standards, the PFD would be far from easy to change overnight, unless they've come up with some pretty innovative software process to go with the rest of it.

Is the fuel switch an electrical switch or a mechanical switch? Makes no sense it looks like a mechanical switch but positioned where you would an electrical switch. I suspect its a marketing switch!

Airspeed strip along the top is a big no-no from me. That's unlike any other industry convention

Sans, you studied the photo more carefully than I initially did, but I agree these look like mockups for the display helicopters. Might be the same for the fenestron components? Still, it looks like good progress being made on various elements, even if some is shown in mock-up form.

silence from crab? most unusual !

It is a simple thing for Hill to address but I can see the point Jetstream was making. In the short clip of the R22/R44 shut off valve, the labels on the valve selector are simply "Fuel" with either "on" or "off". Little room for confusion.

Reminds me of the sad story about the words "flammable" and "inflammable" which actually mean the same thing. But some people believed "inflammable" meant "not flammable" when it came to children's clothing.

In one of the photos shared by chopper2004 in post #1291, the skidded version shows the skids project slightly forward of the front 'cross tube'. But I don't think this is meant to serve as a boarding step as it seems too close to the front of the cabin door? In that case, why not adopt the style of skids as on the EC120? While I am still not used to that look, they seem to have less prospect of snagging a wire than traditional helicopter skids. Surely Eurocopter (Airbus Helicopters) wouldn't hold a patent on such a design feature?? Avoids the need for a WSPS to be mounted under the fuselage.

On the subject of skids, they sure look low and splayed apart on the HX50. Skids on JetRanger (and UH1) were originally quite low and sleek, but you rarely see such low skids on JetRangers now, at least not in Australia. So what has caused that shift? Fairings on the cross tubes are also relatively rare notwithstanding the drag reduction they provided. On the other hand, low faired skids still seem the norm on LongRangers.

They do. IIRC, Bell tried to use same concept with 429, but lost in court

Here you go -
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Skids
 

[QUOTE=helispotter;11553455]In one of the photos shared by chopper2004 in post #1291, the skidded version shows the skids project slightly forward of the front 'cross tube'. But I don't think this is meant to serve as a boarding step as it seems too close to the front of the cabin doo

I was told by Dave the head of composite that the forward projection is purely to reduce drag