You win a £1,000,000...

[Churchill]

Sadly I have a high-maintenance wife and, I am embarrassed to say, a mortgage which I'm whittling away.

I've barely got enough cash secreted away to keep my Multi going.

You got jet type rating on the whirlybirds?

Yup. Hughes 500 and Long Ranger.

Hoping to do a NOTAR conversion next year. Want one!!!

[tim123]

One of my favourite lines from the Simpsons is when Mr Burns wins $1M, Mr Smithers asks him what he is going to do with it and he says

"I don't know, just throw it on the pile I suppose"

Funnily enough that's exactly what I do with my Premium Bond wins.

Sadly, up til now, only the 50/100 quid variety.

tim

[hyperD]

Yup. Hughes 500 and Long Ranger.

Hoping to do a NOTAR conversion next year. Want one!!!

Nice one! I hope you blast out Wagner's when you fly the 500!

Would like to type rate on a Citation just to see...at this moment in time I couldn't afford it - my main aviation goals are to buy a performance twin piston for flights to Spain/E. Europe. Went to the airshow and was impressed with the Diamond Aircraft D-JET - would love to own one of those.

http://www.diamondair.com/aircraft/djet/index.html


What happens to the control of yaw during turbine failure for a NOTAR - is it the same as conventional?

[zeitghost]

What happens to the control of yaw during turbine failure for a NOTAR - is it the same as conventional?

The screaming is much the same from what I understand...

[Churchill]

Nice one! I hope you blast out Wagner's when you fly the 500!

Would like to type rate on a Citation just to see...at this moment in time I couldn't afford it - my main aviation goals are to buy a performance twin piston for flights to Spain/E. Europe. Went to the airshow and was impressed with the Diamond Aircraft D-JET - would love to own one of those.

http://www.diamondair.com/aircraft/djet/index.html


What happens to the control of yaw during turbine failure for a NOTAR - is it the same as conventional?

You have to remember that although less thrust is produced out of the rear nozzle, the shape of the tail boom is such that air-flow over it produces some anti torque force. Also, the fan that produces the thrust for the nozzle that replaces the anti-torque rotor is still driven from the main-rotor, just like the anti-torque rotor on a conventional bird. This gives you yaw control.

[Churchill]

The screaming is much the same from what I understand...

You can hear it more clearly due to less noise being produced as there's no anti-torque rotor.