Transport is gonna love this

[Hedley]

http://ohgizmo.com/2005/10/19/the-gen-h ... elicopter/

[B18rules]

POPULATION CONTROL!!!

[l_reason]

It may just be my mood today but I’d give it a go! Its got 2 more engines the any other aircraft I have ever flown. I’d bet it would be a lot of fun once you get the hang of it. They just need to do something about the 2 stroke engines, the exhaust smell (30:1 mixture) and fuel consumption would benefit from just 2 little 4-strokes.

[Big Pratt]

2-stroke's power to weight is hard to beat and it's probably better to lose 25% of torque vs 50%. You're gonna go down either way as I don't think there's a lot of power reserve, but it won't hurt as much with 75% still left. The thing probably doesn't autorotate too well as I didn't see a collective control.

I think I'd try it as well, at less than 50' and over water.


Now if you had a small APU or blow cart engine on it...hmmm...could you log turbine chopper time?

[Flyin' Hi]

I don't know about that, I would agree with you Big Pratt, I would only get on it low level over water. (and close to shore)

Probably no matter what you put on it, you cannot log the time towards anything.

[sky's the limit]

Um, no.

STL

[happily.retired]

Open cockpit, relative airflow, and a skirt. Does anyone else have concerns besides the obvious safety ones?

[North Shore]

Neck strain for those on the ground?

[oldtimer]

This has been mankinds (sorry, PERSONkinds) dream for centuries.
Can you magine the mayhem at the corner of Younge and Bloor @ 09:00 on Monday morning if this becomes fashionable with the starched shirt set