Comments on: Pilot lands helicopter without a tail rotor http://www.ben.geek.nz/2008/02/pilot-lands-helicopter-without-a-tail-rotor/ ...consuming experience Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:29:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Stu http://www.ben.geek.nz/2008/02/pilot-lands-helicopter-without-a-tail-rotor/comment-page-1/#comment-17755 Stu Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:57:52 +0000 http://www.gadgetophile.com/pilot-lands-helicopter-without-a-tail-rotor/#comment-17755 Regardless you'd still have to give me a stiff drink and a reasonable sum of money to get in one of those things :) Regardless you’d still have to give me a stiff drink and a reasonable sum of money to get in one of those things :)

]]> By: Ben http://www.ben.geek.nz/2008/02/pilot-lands-helicopter-without-a-tail-rotor/comment-page-1/#comment-17754 Ben Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:47:24 +0000 http://www.gadgetophile.com/pilot-lands-helicopter-without-a-tail-rotor/#comment-17754 Yeah I have to admit I was pretty stunned too. I've read a lot about chopper flying, and I thought an auto-rotation was your only option. That implies that you have to land with at least some amount of body-rotation if you have no tail rotor. I guess if you still have the engine, you have other options other than auto-rotation. This link is interesting: http://www.copters.com/pilot/trfail_cruise.html Note the last comment "(that doesn't mean ignore the manufacturer, though)". So yeah I suppose the R44 manufacturers may mention that the body shape allows for some stability at speed? Yeah I have to admit I was pretty stunned too. I’ve read a lot about chopper flying, and I thought an auto-rotation was your only option. That implies that you have to land with at least some amount of body-rotation if you have no tail rotor.

I guess if you still have the engine, you have other options other than auto-rotation.

This link is interesting: http://www.copters.com/pilot/trfail_cruise.html
Note the last comment “(that doesn’t mean ignore the manufacturer, though)”. So yeah I suppose the R44 manufacturers may mention that the body shape allows for some stability at speed?

]]> By: Stu http://www.ben.geek.nz/2008/02/pilot-lands-helicopter-without-a-tail-rotor/comment-page-1/#comment-17753 Stu Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:37:11 +0000 http://www.gadgetophile.com/pilot-lands-helicopter-without-a-tail-rotor/#comment-17753 Dang that is impressive. Can you do this with helicopters normally? Or was he aided by the fact the R44 has a streamlined vertical cowling - does that act partially as a tail fin if you maintain forward momentum? Dang that is impressive. Can you do this with helicopters normally? Or was he aided by the fact the R44 has a streamlined vertical cowling – does that act partially as a tail fin if you maintain forward momentum?

]]> By: Herb Christophers http://www.ben.geek.nz/2008/02/pilot-lands-helicopter-without-a-tail-rotor/comment-page-1/#comment-17752 Herb Christophers Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:21:40 +0000 http://www.gadgetophile.com/pilot-lands-helicopter-without-a-tail-rotor/#comment-17752 Yes venison recovery is the commercial shooting of deer for export. Yes venison recovery is the commercial shooting of deer for export.

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