Aviation Forum / General / Rotary-wing / October 2006

There's a rumour going around that Dennis Fetters perished in a Brantly
crash in Argentina in July.
For a rumour, that's very specific, and I'm going to check it out in
Argentina. But it seems to me that it's pretty farfetched for several

We recently received an article for our magazine where the author performed
a balance of his tail rotor on a bench using an electric motor and a dial
indicator instead of an electronic balancer.  I was impressed with his
thinking outside the box.  If there is any interest in this ...

I'm just curious how many of you have flown on top? Either way, why or why
not?
I have. but didn't like doing it. It was to avoid flying too low among the
blue ridge mountains when there were low layers hanging in the valleys. (I

Just attended a fly-in  at Westport OK.  There were some 27 helicopters
there.  Attending were Rotorways, a Brantly, some R-22s,  a R-44,
Schweitzers, a Hiller and a Safari.  Only one of these ships had the tail
rotor turning in the "right" direction.  It as the Safari.  It seems ...

...to get a little stick time? I'm a newbie (about 180 hours split
between the 300C and the R22) and I would dearly like to buy a
helicopter. No justification at all -- just a huge fascination with
helicopters. I think my short list includes a Robinson or a Bell 47.

Is anyone aware of anyone in Minnesota who has a Rotorway helicopter
162F?
Scott