Guest extralite Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Apologies if this has been posted before. Seems to be very popular in the USA. Could only find one accident to date and cause was unknown but speculation was it might have flipped on floats. Under what category would this fall in Australia? (love the APU powered one.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I looked at this once, really neat machine but the training cost here in AU was outrageous, the full GA helicopter routine. I believe there have been two serious accidents which were both related to pilot error - probably lack of training. OK so training is important (essential) but will it ever be affordable? I believe NZ has better options but I don't know if this translates easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 The Mosquito helicopter is popular in the USA as a couple of the models fall into the FAR103 catagory. IE It is classed as a recreational vehicle and not an aircraft and it needs no rego or licence to fly it. over here it is the usual over regulated CASA BS. Experimental rotary wing probably. Several are flying all have VH rego. you will also need a PPL rotary wing minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Moves are being made at the moment to have the ultralight helos covered under ASRA, which will reduce costs dramaticly, one would hope any way, but the fact still remains how do you train, atm i dont know of any 2 seat helos that fit under the weight limit, NOT THAT I KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, so dont shoot the messenger (please) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest burbles1 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 How does New Zealand handle training on those machines? I've noticed they seem to be popular at fly-ins there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 What ever happened to the Mini 500.It was a neat Personal chopper. They sold heaps of them years ago.They looked realy good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aussie carl Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 note with the turbine jobie, the large Starter batteries required for starting. If the turbine is shut down away from your starter pack you may need to get a jump start from somones car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 What ever happened to the Mini 500.It was a neat Personal chopper. They sold heaps of them years ago.They looked realy good. What you mean apart from multible engine failures and the resulting forward tuck that killed near all, lots from what i hear are still sitting in sheds unfinished or unflyable. http://brumbyhelicopters.com.au/ This is one sweet ride though, got the right engine in it for a start, bla bla bla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 What do you do in a helo if you have an engine/rotor failure @ 200 feet? sink like a rock? at least a gyro or an ultralight can give you some options apart from straight down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hongie Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 auto rotate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 auto rotate? You need blades to auto rotate. Several Robbies have come unstuck on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 That's the beauty of it, the Mosquito will auto-rotate down from pretty much any height, it's still very controllable unpowered. See youtube, there are some great clips of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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