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| Re: CL: anybody need a helicopter? [message #229843 is a reply to message #229841] |
Thu, 14 November 2013 19:28   |
Steve
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The ultimate toad. Tow it behind the GMC!
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| Re: CL: anybody need a helicopter? [message #229846 is a reply to message #229841] |
Thu, 14 November 2013 19:55 |
rcjordan
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>in the 1980's I considered
I had my pilot's license in the 80s and owned part of a Cessna 172. As using that for going to a branch location didn't work out, I considered the possibility of a micro-copter. There have been two times when Death has whispered in my ear "get that and you are mine." That was one time.
The other was when I was 18 and found a Zundapp KS750.
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| Re: [GMCnet] CL: anybody need a helicopter? [message #229901 is a reply to message #229896] |
Fri, 15 November 2013 09:22 |
Sammy Williams
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I had a BD-5 'micro-jet' kit. Think "coors light/Bud light jet" or if you
seen the james bond movie octopussy its the one man jet he flies away in.
I never did finish it, but did spend more then a few nights in it making
jet noises.
It was essentially complete, but missing the engine. TRS 80 APU engines are
not cheap, nor available in central Kansas. :)
Anyway, I am working on a Long EZ (Rutan) canard. Safer, more stable, stall
proof and (almost) as much fun as a BD-5 Jet.
S. Williams
(Has a plane, and no GMC Motorhome....sad.) LOL
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Matt Colie <matt7323tze@gmail.com> wrote:
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> My father was a classmate of Igor Benson. I got the plans and considered
> build a "Benson Gyrocopter", but the cost analysis terminated that
> adventure.
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> I had a chance to buy a Zündapp KS750 in full Wehrmachtsgespann condition.
> I didn't know how I could get it home on the school ship. Some time
> later, I did get a Norton Commando. I got it running and stopped most of
> the oil leaks. It was fun, but I sold it shortly after the nice guy in the
> CJ3 (Jeep) lifted it off my back. I had been forced to wait for him to
> make a wrong turn. (He shouldn't have been coming by there at all.)
>
> Did I happen to mention that I have always linked to a guardian angel that
> doesn't mind working evenings and weekends? These days, I do my best to
> not stain that relationship.
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie
> '73 Glacier 23 Chaumière (say show-me-air)
> Now with 4 working Rear Brakes
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] CL: anybody need a helicopter? [message #229922 is a reply to message #229896] |
Fri, 15 November 2013 12:10 |
jhbridges
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My Army bud who was trying to show me how wouldn't get close to a Benson or a Rotorway. "Not enough mass in the rotor to save you if it quits". He wouldn't do practice autorotations in the Brantleys they had, "Come on, we'll do that in one of the Hueys where there's some leeway." He walked away from three of them in various states of disrepair in SEA. Very different from the fixed-wing stuff I flew at the time.
When we bought my Mom a big Evinrude for her houseboat after we wore out the fiorst motor, the dealer told us he had to assure Outboard Marine that the motors he sold went on boats, not to people building helicopters.
--johnny
'76 23' transmode norris
From: Matt Colie <matt7323tze@gmail.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] CL: anybody need a helicopter?
My father was a classmate of Igor Benson. I got the plans and considered build a "Benson Gyrocopter", but the cost analysis terminated that adventure.
I had a chance to buy a Zündapp KS750 in full Wehrmachtsgespann condition. I didn't know how I could get it home on the school ship. Some time later, I did get a Norton Commando. I got it running and stopped most of the oil leaks. It was fun, but I sold it shortly after the nice guy in the CJ3 (Jeep) lifted it off my back. I had been forced to wait for him to make a wrong turn. (He shouldn't have been coming by there at all.)
Did I happen to mention that I have always linked to a guardian angel that doesn't mind working evenings and weekends? These days, I do my best to not stain that relationship.
Matt
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Matt & Mary Colie
'73 Glacier 23 Chaumière (say show-me-air)
Now with 4 working Rear Brakes
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] CL: anybody need a helicopter? [message #229923 is a reply to message #229901] |
Fri, 15 November 2013 12:13 |
jhbridges
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guy showed up at the Cracker fliy-in a couple years ago with a Rotorway with a turbine in it - some sort of APU powerplant. Little bitty thing. He had kerosene tanks hung all over the frame, and said he was limited to just over an hour plus a bit of reserve.
--johnny
From: Sammy Williams <bd5av8r@gmail.com>
To: "gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org" <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] CL: anybody need a helicopter?
I had a BD-5 'micro-jet' kit. Think "coors light/Bud light jet" or if you
seen the james bond movie octopussy its the one man jet he flies away in.
I never did finish it, but did spend more then a few nights in it making
jet noises.
It was essentially complete, but missing the engine. TRS 80 APU engines are
not cheap, nor available in central Kansas. :)
Anyway, I am working on a Long EZ (Rutan) canard. Safer, more stable, stall
proof and (almost) as much fun as a BD-5 Jet.
S. Williams
(Has a plane, and no GMC Motorhome....sad.) LOL
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Matt Colie <matt7323tze@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> My father was a classmate of Igor Benson. I got the plans and considered
> build a "Benson Gyrocopter", but the cost analysis terminated that
> adventure.
>
> I had a chance to buy a Zündapp KS750 in full Wehrmachtsgespann condition.
> I didn't know how I could get it home on the school ship. Some time
> later, I did get a Norton Commando. I got it running and stopped most of
> the oil leaks. It was fun, but I sold it shortly after the nice guy in the
> CJ3 (Jeep) lifted it off my back. I had been forced to wait for him to
> make a wrong turn. (He shouldn't have been coming by there at all.)
>
> Did I happen to mention that I have always linked to a guardian angel that
> doesn't mind working evenings and weekends? These days, I do my best to
> not stain that relationship.
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie
> '73 Glacier 23 Chaumière (say show-me-air)
> Now with 4 working Rear Brakes
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
> _______________________________________________
> GMCnet mailing list
> Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
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| Re: CL: anybody need a helicopter? [message #230103 is a reply to message #229841] |
Sun, 17 November 2013 16:19 |
habbyguy
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Here's what you DON'T want to do if you do build or buy a helicopter...
http://habcycles.com/helocrash.wmv
Apparently the guy bought it, and decided to just lift it barely off the ground - before getting any kind of instruction on how to actually operate a helicopter. The results are predictable (other than the fact the guy survived intact).
Makes owning a GMC seem so simple in comparison...
Mark Hickey
Mesa, AZ
1978 Royale Center Kitchen
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| Re: CL: anybody need a helicopter? [message #230244 is a reply to message #230103] |
Tue, 19 November 2013 03:11 |
Ken Burton
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| habbyguy wrote on Sun, 17 November 2013 16:19 |
Here's what you DON'T want to do if you do build or buy a helicopter...
http://habcycles.com/helocrash.wmv
Apparently the guy bought it, and decided to just lift it barely off the ground - before getting any kind of instruction on how to actually operate a helicopter. The results are predictable (other than the fact the guy survived intact).
Makes owning a GMC seem so simple in comparison...
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Is that movie the definition of pilot error?
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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