ENSTROM

[Charl]

OK this is a bit of a niche release... for FS9 don't know if it flies in "other" sims.
And it's a helicopter.
Available here



For the single reader still with me here, it's a great little personal tourer... and yes there is a NZ-registered Enstrom!

[Naki]

Nice looking ship...there is a FSX version

[Ian Warren]

A modern day Model 47 and it dose look like 'Norwenign racing sardine'

[Charl]

QUOTE (Naki @ Apr 19 2012,10:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice looking ship...there is a FSX version

I seem to remember Cowpatz advertising one, some time ago.
That's a bit strange because this one comes with the proclamation:
"For the first time in the history of Microsoft Flight Simulator, a developer has created and released an Enstrom helicopter add-on"
The model, on further inspection, is in fact Devins' FSDS one reworked in Gmax.
Ah well.

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 19 2012,10:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

A modern day Model 47 and it dose look like 'Norwenign racing sardine'

Heh... actually the flight model seems a little benign.
Quoting from the Bladeslapper Forum (did you know there was a Bladeslapper Forum? There is a Forum for Farm Simulator too...):
"I did my firs 40 hours training in an Enstrom F28F, they sure teach you how to fly, that's for sure. I never realized how hard they were to fly until I flew a Robbie for the first time! "
Still, it is new to my hangar, and wears its sole-NZ IPJ with pride, or will do, soon as I've finished with it.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 20 2012,9:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ah well.

Quoting from the Bladeslapper Forum (did you know there was a Bladeslapper Forum? There is a Forum for Farm Simulator too...):
"I did my firs 40 hours training in an Enstrom F28F, they sure teach you how to fly, that's for sure. I never realized how hard they were to fly until I flew a Robbie for the first time! "

Now i do wonder if there is an 'Ole English Fish'N'Chip' Forum were the 'Norwenign racing sardine' could make himself at home wrapped in that nice warm paper .... now what the hell has this to do with Helicopters ... Oh that's right ... the ENSTROM looks like a 'Norwenign racing sardine'

[chopper_nut]

The Enstrom is being remarketed at the moment. They have been around in various forms for ever. According to the manufacturer, its the only helicopter where they couldnt make it get LTE due to there being no vertical stab blocking airflow through the tail rotor. Huge life limits on all the componants, electric trim, huge payload for its size. If it got a foothold in the market it could be a real winner.

[Ian Warren]

Ahhh so it is a 'Norwenign racing sardine' after all

[chopper_nut]

I dunno about 'racing'

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (chopper_nut @ Apr 20 2012,10:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I dunno about 'racing'

I sorta thought there was something fishy about that name

[chopper_nut]

I wont be knocking it untill Ive flown one...

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (chopper_nut @ Apr 20 2012,10:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I wont be knocking it untill Ive flown one...

When you get back into New Zealand , you can take me for a spin so to speak .. realistic .. it has more 47 in it than any Robbie course would have to be far better than the .. a previous posted real world photo of a homebuild heilo , if your plus 6ft - screw yourself into a ball to get into it type.

[chopper_nut]

Those home built machines are a bit of a worry, something that has that many moving parts shouldnt be built in a garage.

[Charl]

As American as Apple Pie... this one started out life in a garage in Crystal Falls, Michigan, 50 years ago.
My mate Bazza says his mother-in-law has a face like a Norwenign racing sardine, not sure what that means about this helicopter.
Not too many around these parts, but they are successful in the US.
Makes a change from an R22

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 20 2012,2:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

My mate Bazza says his mother-in-law has a face like a Norwenign racing sardine, not sure what means about this helicopter.

Arr but look at that ..'a Norwenign racing sardine' in mato sause