unbelievably, my mum had an even worse car, A DAF 44 which as soon as it got to any kind of hill wouldnt go faster than 30, I do recall there were DAF 33's about, but they were just taking the p***

regards

CF

Hey! Didn't realise this was turning into a DAF bashing thread! Won't hear a bad word said against them.

I learned to drive in one of those and, on my first lesson out with my father, one of the belts broke :eek:

The car slowly ground to a halt at the side of the A1 in Sandy and my father suggested that he would get under the car and try to free the belt (which had wound itself around the rear axle) whilst I slowly reversed. Over him. He did live for another 25 years to tell the tale!

However, it was quick off the lights and had many a Ford Crapi perplexed until they soon caught up. Plus of course, the embarassment of not being able to find the petrol filler cap when I went to get fuel! :}

What are the similarities between a DAF44 and an R44? Same the 66s? Perhaps an unfortunate choice of model numbers by Frank but at least there wasn't a DAF22 to my knowledge!

Cheers

Whirls

First R66 Pic!!
 

Found on another forum.....here it is........thats one tall mast!!!
http://www.robinsonhelicopters.org/i...34&topic=260.0

I doubt that is what the R66 is going to look like. They said it will seat 5 people and that is just an R44 cabin. So where are you going to fit a third person in the middel?

Doctored R44?
 

This picture of a reputed "R66," prototype at Robinson's Torrance factory looks suspiciously like a doctored R44 photograph.

We are led to believe that the new ship has an extra seat ultimately seeing the demise of the JetRanger. I see no sign of this in the photograph and surely the turbine powerplant would result in a shift in the CofG and therefore a different design?

Keep the pics coming!
:ok:

****WARNING - STUPID QUESTION ALERT****

Ok, I'm no professional pilot or engineer but used to work in the industry and like keeping upto date on what is going on. Anyway, my question is this:

Asuming that the R66 is a turbine and will take 6 people (just following the numbers on that one), wouldn't RHC need to change the rotor design to cope with the extra weight of passengers, fuel, engine etc, etc or would the design from the R22/44 be able to cope??

Asked out of sheer curiosity and nothing else (although I can just picture Lu Z looking down and composing his response from afar).

I heard Frank said is wasnt going to be the R55 just because that was what everyone was expecting!
R66 will only have 5 seats. . :hmm:

If you save the picture to your PC you can zoom in to pixel level and see that this picture is genuine. It may have been enhanced for clarity but I would say it was a real pic. . :8

You can also reveal the EXIF data...

Taken with a Nikon E2500, but the date has been zeroed...

On a recent Robinson safety course Tim Tucker spoke about the R66.Your quite right Johe02 the name R66 was chosen partly to dismiss the myth R22 two seats R44 four seats etc.Allegedly when Frank was getting the R22 certified he didn't have a name and R22 was put down in a split second desicion allegdley ! .The R66 he said will have 5 seats with interestingly the rear centre pax seated slightly ahead of the ones on either side to allow more shoulder room and possibly I presume for more headroom as the turbine is mounted ala H369 /500 style so it may encroach on the inner centre cabin roofspace ? .It will have a baggage dept as well as the under seat stowage.He did say it is similar to an R44 blown up larger.I can't think of any other things , he didn't quote performance figures.

Here some more infos about that bird:

http://www.shephard.co.uk/rotorhub/D...d-4a8049c7cabc

skadi

Still just looks like an engine testbed to me.
If it IS the 66, going to be pathetic.........................

New R66 Pic (With Doors)
 

Found on another forum:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...ers/r66tx7.jpg

Woah, that's fugly... http://www.mtorque.co.uk/ubbthreads/...ult/sickie.gif

eeek


(this parenthesis is merley to lengthen the comment)

Yikes!

What happened to that saying "if it looks right, it will probably fly right"?

It may be ugly but at least it will fly slow.;)

Batteries not supplied... :E

So does it supply the national grid as it flies...? :E

I/C

ooops, that's not good....

wow and i thought robinsons couldn't get any uglier...