just curious what everyones general experience is with registering these helicopters?

let me know your experience

1. were you the original builder?

2. how early did you register it before completion/air worthiness certificate?

3. what influenced your tail number?

4. if purchased how seamless/painful was your bill of sale experience?

i am currently working to register my machine obtained from an estate sale, had prior registration, but no bill of sale from previous registered owner... i had dont an affidavit of ownership with a statement of the history of ownership notarized.

however the FAA responded the previous owner had a letter exclaiming the ship was incompelete and they've interperted that as scrapped/destroyed/unairworthy.

my machine has never hovered.

easily enough they just want proof of its condition with a picture of the completed ship front, side, back. and picture of the S/N "dataplate"

It appears that Rotorway Owner's Group forum has remained offline for more than a week now. I'm not sure what the status of that forum will be in the future as it contains a lot of historical information related to rotorways which help owners to maintain and fly their helicopters. 

However, it seems that we're beginning to have a little uptick in activity, likely due to this currently being the only active forum dedicated to Rotorway helicopters. If you've been lurking around for information but have not yet posted or introduced yourself, please consider doing so right away! Conversation is the only thing that makes a forum useful. You can click on the "Portal" button to view the most recent topics to participate in! However, we'll soon be removing the shoutbox and implementing a recent posts portal there, along with a few other updates and bug fixes.

We've also removed all forums related to rotorway experts/content creators since nobody designated ended up utilizing them.

Also please feel free to start filling up the helicopter flights & media forum! Post your youtube links and share, I'm sure a lot of people who are researching rotorways would enjoy seeing them do more than just hover!

anybody have any recommendations for body alignment when placing the floorpan initially? in order to level the curvature of the top of the seat so it sits level at the top i need about 3/4" shimmed on the pilot side, but then the front of the seatback isnt level with the ground.

also when shimmed is moves the centerline of the seatback about an inch from the center of the ship to the passenger side,

I know you said you are hosting Orv's website now, but I don't see a continent link to get there.  I had to look in the Shoutbox area to find it.   Maybe I missed it.  You might consider putting the link somewhere people can easily find.

Here are some snapshots of the gearbox that will fit on the lower shaft of the secondary, replacing the lower bearing as that bearing is part of the gearbox. The gearbox is slid up the lower secondary shaft and secured in place via the existing 1/4" bolt (the bolt that fixed the tr belt pulley to it.), The gearbox runs spiral bevel gears at an angle so the tail rotor drive shaft will go down the middle of the boom. There are 3 intermediate inline bearing mounted to an aluminium plate that bolt to the bulkheads
that carry the swing arms for the belt drive system. This gearbox has an oil pump on its bottom that circulates oil that is passed through an external oil filter. I have more information on my "Rotorway Mods & Upgrades - Australia 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1523964747814153

Anybody know a source for the blue gaskets for legacy water pump that goes between the upper and lower halves?  I tried to save mine, but could not.

I am Changing the Water Pump Seal on my 162F Turbo.  Any techniques, tips, or "gotch-ya's" you all want to pass on?  I assume it is best to pull the unit rather than trying to change it while the housing is on the aircraft.  

I appreciate any help in advance!

Tim

Rotorheads Nov 2021










P.S. posted as image and PDF to see which is more convenient.

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  Building a Tailboom.pdf (Size: 21.57 MB / Downloads: 164)

So, I've been testing the Zulu 4's out for the past few months and it seems that they have better Bluetooth capabilities and slightly clearer audio quality. However, I can't tell the difference in comfort or ANR between the Zulu 3's, very similar and I wear glasses. The padding material is softer where your frames sit, which is noticeable but I'm not sure if it truly improves noise reduction over the 3's. For music, the Zulu 3's can get much louder which is nice in a helicopter when you're on a long flight in the middle of nowhere while the Zulu 4's don't really get quiet as loud—disappointing! The longer mic boom isn't that great either, it's a little too long so it curls out more but might be good for people with a wider head? I think the Zulu 3's mic boom was just a little short of perfect length. 

I have a flight helmet fitted with Bose A20 Bluetooth as well, haven't used it for music though since it's more for work than play, so I haven't compared yet. I've been hearing the A30's are not very good in noisy helicopters.

All this to say, so far, I don't think the Zulu 4's are worth the price difference of Zulu 3's unless you truly need the dual BT connectivity capabilities.

What are your thoughts on the ANR headsets available today and what do you use?

Hi I had a fadec acis running super rich 9-1 and 10-1 fouling plugs, had a chat to a drag racing guy, ours are a memory ecu as they dont take afr readings and respond accordingly , east to tune though, put a mechanical fuel pressure gauge on rail after last filter (electrical pressure gauge are not acurate enough) change the fuel regulator to an adjustable (30-70 psi), fit or use an AFR Air Fuel Ratio gauge, our ecus can run as low as 30-35 psi fuel pressure up to 70 psi , so now tune your engine to 12.5-1 to 13-1 fuel ratio at operating rpm on both pumps, IF YOU ARE UNDER 40 PSI YOUR BASE MEMORY TUNE IS SHIT AND OVER 60 , mine is turbo and am running 46 psi with both pumps on one pump is 43 psi and alters AFR. EASY PEASY