R44 main rotor contact with tail boom

[Nubian]

Originally Posted by Robbiee

,..and I accept that smaller margin of error, and fly my budget helicopter accordingly.

As for SFAR 73? That came about because the early pilots of the R22 were ex-military who tried to fly it like it was a Huey. If you drive your '79 Pinto like a Corvette, you're probably going to wreck it, plain and simple.



Well, you're supose to slow down before you enter an area prone to high turbulance (or are you saying this just suddenly hit you at only like 1,000agl on a completely calm day?)

Anyway, there's always the guy who's almost crashed that declares, "Had I been in a Robby, I'd be dead",...and sure, maybe YOU would, but I've had my ass kicked around plenty in the R22 by wind and turbulence, without incident (or even low-g). Maybe its just luck, maybe its not, but I've flown too many Robby's to blame the aircraft's design at this point.

Sure, the R44 can go 130kts, but would you really want to drive a Pinto that fast?

Hardly any ex Vietnamvets left, and loads of Robbietrained pilots now, so if it has no meaning anymore, surely the FAA would remove the limit on the Pinto…..

From your response I take it you don’t know what Clear Air Turbulence is…. And take my word for it, you don’t want to experience that in your Pinto….

Luck is something that eventually your run out of, and you don’t know how much you have to begin with or have left.

As I’ve said I don’t drive the Pinto anymore, but did when I was young and uninformed….

Then again, someone said **** just happens, so you’re probably fine…

Fly safe!

[Hedge36]

Originally Posted by Nubian

if it has no meaning anymore, surely the FAA would remove the limit on the Pinto…..

SFAR 26 (TSOs) expired in 1977 and wasn't removed from the FARs until something like 2002. It's a big ship with a tiny rudder.