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Mini-500 Helicopter
SPiN Racing:
Ok.. well let me just say....
OMG OMG OMG
Is it a bad thing that I am a complete drooling fan of the Mini 500s? And have been since the original info was leaked WAY back when they were just an idea I think that I saw in Popular Mechanics.. or possibly Flying?
My degree is in Aviation, and my father was a 35 Year career Airforce Pilot. (Colonel, and originally in the Army Air Corps until the Air Force was formed)
Yeah.. STILL would love to have one of those babies.
Divided he ad:
They're just cool!!! :jaw:
Obviously I'd crash and burn in about the first 3 seconds..... But I want a go!!! :D
Pity you didn't sneak one out in your pocket Rog' :lol:
The things that members have done in their careers is great to see and hear about :headbang:
Ralph.
Brass_Machine:
I have seen those before. Well, in a magazine. I used to be an avid reader of Kit Plane... I think that is the I saw them in. Very cool Rog!
Eric
Rog02:
OK Sorry to take so long to reply,
The power plant was a Bombadier/Rotax 582 UL. With addition of our custom exhaust the HP was an honest 67 HP on the facory dyno. Some of the later mods would boost the HP to around 70, but the results, though always an improvement, were somewhat iffy.
I know of several aircraft that have been owner modified to the 613 UL engine and there are a few flying with a small 100 HP APU turbine. We evaluated the turbine at the factory as possible powerplant but due to the limited original production numbers ( fewer than 1,000) and the lack of service parts available we opted to go with the less powerful but more user friendly Rotax.
As for sneaking one out in my lunch bucket. Why? I had full access to the factory demonstrators and flew 500 FD at airshows for demonstration purposes. Rarely would a day go by that I did not have the opertunnity to hoist my carcass off the ground for at least a few minutes.
No degree in aviation, I tried to join the Army towards the end of VietNam and was rejected for health reasons ( I was a cancer survivor and there fore defective in the yes of the US Army). I went to my local small airport and plunked down the ungoddly sum of $975 USD dollars and proceeded to get my Private Pilots Certificazte in a 3 week span in Januaryt and Feburary. BTW, I took all my dual and solo triner in an Aronica Champ (cause REAL pilots fly taildraggers). We like to never found anyone to give me my checkridem as tyhe only taildragger check pilot was my instuctor and the Feds had to get a guy out of another office because none of their check pilots were taildragger qualified. I went from that straighht back to my drop zone and got checked out in a C-185 and went on to build time as a skydiver driver in between jumping and teaching jumping. I finally got a nosewheel check out after 300 hours of heavy tail wheel time. My multi engine ticket came in a D-18-E Beechcraft. REAL PILOTS fly BIG TAILDRAGGERS with TWO round motors. I got my Ag ticket in an Ag-Truck and went on the fly an AG-Cat for a couple of seasons , spraying row crop and a winter spent spraying coffee in Costa Rica. My A&P ticket was earned by pracical experience because as 1/2 share owner of a Beech 18 will bankrupt a person if you have to pay for a Mechanic to pull all the maintenance. The rest as they say is history.
The decline to the "Airport Bum" staus is swift. It takes more than a wee bit of practice to perfect the ability it tell the "No ****!" stories with the flare they are due and then again there are always the "And there I was at 5,000 feet, skydiving hard.............." stories.
Hey Bog? Am I the only person in the world that thinks they included the engine on a Gazelle as an after thought? Great high altitude aircraft. I bagged some time in one in South Africa and got some dual in one in Australia when they were trying to show me how to herd cattle with a helicopter. Ozzies call it "stock CRUNCHING".
Darren:
Rog, you make me feel so humble, that's some life you've had.....sounds like a lot of fun for you over the years....
On that little chopper, only 67HP that sounds so little for getting off the ground an' all, :bugeye:
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