Mark_ Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 For those who think the R44 is funny looking...brace yourself. http://www.looptv.aero/LTVCategory31/FlightTests.aspx Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnie Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I now fly the R-44 and still find it ugly, but that thing... holy. By the way, at the Robinson course in October, one of the instructors there told us about a Heli Expo he went to with frank, when the Enstrom 480 was released, their add was: Why fly and ugly helicopter, when you can fly an enstrom" when Frank asked "Whose is this ugly helicopter they're talking about??" We had some chuckles at that. Also saw them do run ups with it. Sounds just like the R-22 in that james bond movie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Continuous Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Gawd! How did they manage to get the c-of-g left skid low? Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyp1973 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 how long is the friggin mast? can it double as a skid tube if you bend one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_ Posted February 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Wonder if it comes with scaffold to get up to the top of the mast for DIs. Pictures here... http://buyarobinsonhelicopter.com/66w2/ Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED2 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Gawd! How did they manage to get the c-of-g left skid low? Max Translating tendency, counter clockwise rotation. Just like a Bell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimit Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 I'd say it's really no more ugly than a 44. At the projected price tag the 44's and old jetboxes in the patch are probably safe for some time to come. Wonder who'll bring the first 66 to CA for commercial ops? Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canukav8tor Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Wow, a few more feet and the mast will be the same length as the tail boom. The blades don't look that much larger than the 44's, wonder how the rotor inertia is. Is it just me, or does there not appear to be much cooling airflow intake/exit for having a turbine in there? AV8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_ Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Frank always brags about the fact that his machines have a ton of TR authority as that was his expertise over at Hughes. I'm not smart enough to comment on the turbine cooling thing-a-me-jigger. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petit-Lion Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 The form factor of the video is not natural, everything is higher than wider, including the test pilot. Is it the new airframe, or still the modified R44 benchtest? The mast is said to be 8 inches higher that the R44, which may create a real market problem: a lot of hangar doors are just not tall enough to accommodate the R66, even those which accommodate Bells and Astars. So unless the production model has lower skids... Ugly, hum, we saw worse, much worse... How many ugly helicopters did this industry produce? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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