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by twinstar_ca
Thu May 23, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: Helicopter Forum
Topic: Where is everyone going to hang out??
Replies: 8
Views: 3693

Re: Where is everyone going to hang out??

So with Vertical closing in a little over a month, where is everyone planning to gather?? Is there anywhere else other than Rotorheads?? I would love to see CanAv thrive the way Vertical did without people being idiots... :smt014 Has no one inquired to take over the vertical forums? That I do not k...
by twinstar_ca
Tue May 21, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: Helicopter Forum
Topic: Where is everyone going to hang out??
Replies: 8
Views: 3693

Where is everyone going to hang out??

So with Vertical closing in a little over a month, where is everyone planning to gather?? Is there anywhere else other than Rotorheads?? I would love to see CanAv thrive the way Vertical did without people being idiots... :smt014
by twinstar_ca
Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: Helicopter Forum
Topic: RMR
Replies: 4
Views: 4182

Re: RMR

I can't believe they're using such a flimsy looking platform to take off and land. I'm sure it's safe and it's much stronger than it looks, but it's very anticlimactic to see them launch like that :rolleyes: It's actually not that bad... pretty stable and always left attached to the tow vehicle... ...
by twinstar_ca
Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:48 pm
Forum: Helicopter Forum
Topic: Question about landing technique
Replies: 26
Views: 22846

Re: Question about landing technique

but you never answered the question... do you have any helicopter stick time or mainly pax time?? :?:
by twinstar_ca
Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:34 pm
Forum: Helicopter Forum
Topic: Question about landing technique
Replies: 26
Views: 22846

Re: Question about landing technique

and something I saw on another forum which bears repeating, don't put yourself in the centre of the H, put the m/r mast in the centre of the H!! :prayer:
by twinstar_ca
Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:38 am
Forum: Helicopter Forum
Topic: star helicopter's cold lake
Replies: 3
Views: 4388

Re: star helicopter's cold lake

last owner I knew was Kelly Skorlatowski... had 206, 350, and a B212... great guy... :supz:
by twinstar_ca
Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: Helicopter Forum
Topic: RMR
Replies: 4
Views: 4182

Re: RMR

The mate driving the van initially is a buddy of mine... BZ, BD... 8) :prayer:
by twinstar_ca
Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: Helicopter Forum
Topic: Notice: Effective July 1, 2024, Vertical Forums will be officially shut down
Replies: 12
Views: 4806

Re: Notice: Effective July 1, 2024, Vertical Forums will be officially shut down

I would try to clear it as soon as I saw it and lots of times, regular members would report it so I could do something about it..
by twinstar_ca
Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:36 am
Forum: Helicopter Forum
Topic: Notice: Effective July 1, 2024, Vertical Forums will be officially shut down
Replies: 12
Views: 4806

Re: Notice: Effective July 1, 2024, Vertical Forums will be officially shut down

I have no idea.. I wasn't high enough on the food chain to be privy to any of that sort of info...
by twinstar_ca
Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: Helicopter Forum
Topic: Notice: Effective July 1, 2024, Vertical Forums will be officially shut down
Replies: 12
Views: 4806

Re: Notice: Effective July 1, 2024, Vertical Forums will be officially shut down

Some of you on here will know me as twinnie, one of the moderators on the Vertical site. I found out about the closure the same way you did. I've been a member of Vertical for over 20 years, don't remember how many as a mod. It wasn't just the few who f***ed it for all of us, the number of spam memb...
by twinstar_ca
Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:02 am
Forum: Helicopter Forum
Topic: Question about landing technique
Replies: 26
Views: 22846

Re: Question about landing technique

flying to FATO in the center of the heliport gives maximum room in all directions. Once down, reducing collective to just what is needed to taxi will reduce downwash that may affect any other a/c on the ground... :yawinkle:

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