Per hours flown, which is the safest domestic helicopter? Engineers on another list argued about the use of full size quadracopters and similar planes as alternatives to conventional helicopters. They agreed that the failure of one prop would not mean the aircraft would necessarily crash; as opposed to the certainty of a crash if a helicopters rotor broke. The only example I've seen of a man-carrying multi-rotor aircraft was an experimental that had more than 4 rotors. It didn't look very substantial or practical, however. Gerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Russ Williams wrote: > Having flown Helos for 3 1/2 years I can tell you Robinson A/C are > pieces of JUNK. > Back when they were introduced I was working for a company that was a > Bell and Sikorsky Dealer and > repair facility. The Robinson people came and made a big spiel to the > owner about becoming a dealer. > Being one of the senior pilots on the staff (Training Captain & Asst > Chief Pilot) I got to do eval. flights. > There were 4 of us that got to do the flights with the Robinson guys. > After each of us getting 5 + hours in the Demo A/C we all came to the > conclusion that the Boss should RUN > not WALK away from the Robinson deal. > Russ W. > ATP Bell 206, Bell 212, Sikorsky S-76
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