"D.Duck" wrote in message
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:58:47 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
re.com...
On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:07:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Started off this morning with an hour and a half of instruction time
in the R22, then the CFI climbs out, says "Take it down to the end of
the runway, hover for a minute and bring it back - don't go over ten
feet."

Whew..... helioflopters..... maintenance hogs....

And never intended to fly.

But they do.

Spooky.

A genius before his time.

http://orionrobots.co.uk/tiki-index....cis+Helicopter


True, but it wasn't until Igor Sikorski figured out gyroscopic precession
controls that the helicopter became flyable with any safety or stability.

Eisboch