Helicopter Performance Basics
How Will My Helicopter Perform? Here’s how to calculate the horsepower required for a helicopter in level flight ARTICLE DATE: March 1997 Helicopter performance is…
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Daniel MacPherson’s WindFire Helicopter
Correspondence With Helicopter Builder Daniel MacPherson ARTICLE DATE: May 2018 …followed on from the original article: MacPherson WindFire Helicopter. EDITOR: Hi Daniel, Thank you for…
Using an Electronic Blade Balancer
Electronic Rotorblade Balancing ARTICLE DATE: July 2008 I know the first time I saw an electronic blade balancer in action it appeared some magic was…
Sun’n Fun 2008
Sun’n Fun 2008 Roundup ARTICLE DATE: July 2008 ABOVE: Top Left – Stuart Fields about to take off in Paul Greishaber’s; Bottom Left – John…
Kit Copters Of 1998 – A Look Back To Oshkosh
Kit Helicopters Of 1998 ARTICLE DATE: November/December 1998 ZEUS….The god of helicopters? The Zeus is a new helicopter from a California company. Four-stroke powered (170…
Cloud Types and Formations
METEOROLOGY is the study of the earth’s atmosphere. Most of us go through life, performing our daily chores, without paying too much attention to the…
Transitional Autorotations – Between the Hover and Cruise Altitude
During flight training most instructors teach you how to perform hovering and cruise altitude autorotations. This is all fine and must be performed on your…
Model T Of Helicopters
1944 ARTICLE: One brisk day back in October, a dapper, broad-shouldered young man made his way across the Washington National Airport to a toy-like little…
RotorWay Exec 90 Fuel Contamination
For several years Eric enjoyed the new found freedom of being able to fly his own helicopter throughout the Ozarks of Missouri. He followed safe-flying…
You Can Fly My Helicopter
By Igor Sikorsky – as told to George Daniels Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky – May 25, 1889 – October 26, 1972), was a Russian-American aviation pioneer…