Helicopters are more fun than Chainsaws

[dbabcock]

After many hours of in-depth analysis, I have come the conclusion that flying helicopters is much more fun and challenging than running chainsaws. As such, I was wondering if Darin could add a helicopter forum to AS and make me moderator. Not only could I guarantee that many more people would join AS, but it would also keep me off of all the other forums.

 

[Fish]

And a beer drinking forum!

 

[Marky Mark]

Doug I think that's AWESOME that your moving in on the Whirlybird. I'll call Darin and see if he's up for it. As it stand right now we need more area's to post in. But then again not many people are as well versed as you and me.
Since I will be hosting the AS site come November I can jsut and any forum like "Anti Cahoon" "What ever happened to" Even JPS can have his own forum.

 

[Gypo Logger]

Doug, I too am getting rather bored with the chainsaw crew.If I get my helicopter licence, can I borrow your helicopter so I can become a member of the mile-high club?
John

 

[MasterBlaster]

John! Clean yur danged mailbox out!

Don't make me come up there!:alien:

 

[jimbo1490]

I have come the conclusion that flying helicopters is much more fun and challenging than running chainsaws

A Robbie? Schweitzer? Jet Ranger? MDHC?

 

[dbabcock]

I think you should go up there, Blaster. You and Zyp could go bowling with his landlord.

 

[ehp]

Yep DB you are correct again, it would be more fun as long as i am not in it with you, and they glide so well, i think i will stick to my chainsaws , you can have your heli,
now DB correct me if i am wrong but i think they are alittle more money to buy than say a new 346 maybe as high as a 357

 

[caryr]

 

[jimbo1490]

A Kaman!

Jimbo

 

[glens]

That does look cool, Cary!  Would hovering in one of those be like standing on a ball with feet spread apart as opposed to have them together like on a "regular" rotary-wing craft?

What make/model is that, if you know?

Nevermind, I see it's "japcrap", hahaha!

Glen

 

[jimbo1490]

Kaman K-Max "aerial truck".

http://www.kamanaero.com/photo/index.htm

Jimbo

 

[caryr]

 

[jimbo1490]

If you look at one of the pics on that page you will see a Kaman Husky which was a shipboard ASW platform for a while and then firefighter for the USAF. More than one chair, too.
Interestingly, a Russian helo beaureau (now a corporation) also makes tail rotorless birds with coaxial main rotors rather than intermeshing. They ware the std ASW platform for the Rooskie navy. Kamov is the name. I don't make this stuff up!

http://www.kamov.ru/knetan.htm

Jimbo

 

[glens]

Yep, I'd figured it was tail-rotor-less since there'd be no point in using twin main rotors otherwise.

Thanks for the link, Jimbo.  I'd googled for "kaman helicopter" and followed http://www.helispot.com/photos/similar/00034.html wherein I saw some Japanese-looking names and guessed incorrectly they were the manufacturer and not the customer.  I'd seen some counter-rotating rotors on the same axis on some older birds, but for some reason thought they were British.  I need to pay better attention.

I was chasing a rabbit 'round the 'web once a while back and wound up at www.bellhelicopter.textron.com and was reading up on all their military offerings.  The site is much different now, with much less info.  One of the birds looked like a jetranger but had the big ball atop the rotor mast.  They were pushing the Huey II conversion/update packages as well.  I can't recall exactly which one it was (I probably got a mirror of the pertinent parts of the site here somewhere) but one of the selling points was the main rotors could withstand "small arms" (up to .50 cal!) fire!  It or one of the other models could be delivered out the back of a C-5 and airborne in 20 minutes or something...  I think that was all before the war(s) started up that they had the copious information online.  The site is relatively barren now, both in models shown and information about them.

Glen

 

[monel_funkawitz]

I have an utmost respect for anyone that can fly a helicopter.

I have a remote control chopper, and that ???? thing has taken 20 years off my life span. It is like trying to pat your head, rub your stomach, say the alphabet backwards, and complete a cross word puzzle while playing drums while balanced on a ball while the ball is balanced on the point on top of the empire state building.

Any time you screw up, even the slightest, is costly.

 

[Gypo Logger]

Hello Monel, well most of us here can't walk and chew gum at the same time, so I guess that excludes 99% of us as prospective chopper operators.
I haven't a clue what Doug is trying to prove by getting a helicopter. It's not as though it's gonna unlimp his wrist or anything and make him a man's man. What he needs is a DeHaviland Otter or Beaver if not a Grumman Goose so he can fly us all around. the place.
John

 

[jimbo1490]

Or maybe a Cessna Caravan, the new 'man's man's' airplane.

Jimbo

 

[John Ellison]

Hey, I flew in a Goose once. Cool airplane. Your seat is right down there at water level. Feels more like a fast boat during takeoff and landing.

John

 

[caryr]