Fairey Ultra Light Helicopter
Early Military Ultralight Helicopter Prototypes Built by Fairey Aviation, the manufacturer of the previously featured Rotodyne, at it’s factory in Hayes, UK, near today’s Heathrow…
June 2017
Flying Helicopters In Clouds & Smoke
Night Flying Helicopters For VFR Pilots This past summer there were several accidents flying helicopters in which multiple fatalities resulted from the helicopter pilot’s decision…
British H2-B1 Airmaster Helicopter
Airmaster H2-B1 Kit Built Helicopter Construction of the H2-B1 Airmaster Helicopter commenced in September 1970 by Mr D. J. Fry in Guildford, Surrey, UK, where…
Kit Helicopters In South Africa
South Africa Hennie Roets & Kit Helicopters When you live down in South Africa you sometimes long to be part of a big rotorcraft community…
Dragonfly single-seat rocket-powered tip-jet helicopter
Dragonfly Hydrogen Peroxide Helicopter In a world searching for alternative fuels Ricarado Cavalcanti has come up with his ‘green’, rocket-powered (yep…rocket-powered) tip-jet helicopter, the single-seat…
The Masquito M80 – Light Kit Helicopter
Belgian Masquito M80 Light Kit Helicopter Stefaan and Paul Masschelein, two Belgian brothers, decided to design and produce a new kit-built helicopter – the Masquito…
Sources Of Helicopter Vibrations
Helicopter Vibration Sources With all the moving parts there is plenty of opportunity to develop vibrations. Surprisingly, not all high time helicopter pilots really understand…
Carby Icing In Piston Engines
Dealing With Carby Icing In Engines With the onset of winter comes the onset of increased carby icing incidents. First of all I must explain…
Considering The Hirth Engine
Hirth Two Stroke Engines “What engine should I use?” That’s the first question most rotorcraft builders ask—right after “Honey, can I build a rotorcraft?” The…
Why Are Two Stroke Engines Still Popular In Aircraft
Popular Aircraft Two Stroke Engines Why use two stroke engines? It’s no secret as to why so many people enjoy ultralight flying. Simply stated, it…