WHy aren't there more helicopter owners on here?

HobbsTC · Dec 6, 2013

If the Army didn't pay for my toy, there no way I would own one. I'd have a nice classic '40s T6 Texan and enjoy flying. I've only flown turbine though, we learn on the 206 as our trainer before going to the advanced airframes.

donv · Dec 6, 2013

Robinson made everything so it is all due at once. On most helicopters, you have to track the times of just about every single part, and they all have different overhaul intervals. It's a nightmare.

f4udriver said: ↑

When I rebuilt my R-44 the 170K was for the transmissions being rebuilt and new blades all around. The engine had already been rebuilt so that would of been even more. Doing this resets the clock and hour meter to 0.

The story I was told was that Robinson influenced the FAA to make the rebuild times mandatory ( may be part of the certification process), and they also have mandated flying times in order to fly it both for the new pilot and the instructor.

We always had just liability insurance and that alone was almost 6,000 per year. I think full coverage was somewhere around 40,000 per year on a 220,000 helicopter. So we went naked on the hull and towards the end I didn't even have liability insurance.
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Need4Spd · Dec 6, 2013

Bob Parks said: ↑

Yes, and trying to disassemble itself.
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Fixed wings FTW!

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