Safari down

[chopper_nut]

Just saw this. I have to admit, I'm surprised that it lasted this long. Homebuilts don't tend to last that long.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/65987868/helicopter-crashes-into-farm-paddock

[cowpatz]

Many years ago I looked at building one of these with a flying colleague.
It even had FADEC which was quite new at the time. RC heli's was as far as I got.

[chopper_nut]

Yeh those Rotorways are pretty bad news. I don't think I'd fly one.

[cowpatz]

Yeh those Rotorways are pretty bad news. I don't think I'd fly one.

I wasn't aware that they had a bad reputation (not that I am involved in the heli scene). What's the issue with them?

[chopper_nut]

Poor crash protection and the engines that inevitably get involved tend to go pop.

[Ian Warren]

I was thinking/talking about this last night , Rick stopped thru , has three types off hang-gliders .. even a swing wing or VG they call them, .. but when you get the energy of a rotor on a home-built helicopter we both passed .