https://rotorwayforums.com/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:14:20 +0000 MyBB https://rotorwayforums.com/thread-68.html Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:56:49 -0600 Lyle Swallows]]> https://rotorwayforums.com/thread-68.html
i came into this kit as a hobbiest who likes to tinker and love helicopters, they are my profession as a Mechanic and i am certified to fly them. so why not try at my own!

i only have a 2 car garage with a 7ft high garage door at this time so space is limited.


but i'm determined!

this will be the start of my build thread where i will mostly just ramble... feel free to chime in. call me an idiot, give me kudos, or just read on and pass right on through. this is my page to collect my thoughts and post my pretty build photos i am proud(and some not so proud) of.

i may also post some inspiring flying pictures and cool pictures of my work all helicopter related.]]>
i came into this kit as a hobbiest who likes to tinker and love helicopters, they are my profession as a Mechanic and i am certified to fly them. so why not try at my own!

i only have a 2 car garage with a 7ft high garage door at this time so space is limited.


but i'm determined!

this will be the start of my build thread where i will mostly just ramble... feel free to chime in. call me an idiot, give me kudos, or just read on and pass right on through. this is my page to collect my thoughts and post my pretty build photos i am proud(and some not so proud) of.

i may also post some inspiring flying pictures and cool pictures of my work all helicopter related.]]> https://rotorwayforums.com/thread-50.html Thu, 01 Jan 2026 10:05:04 -0600 Sam Oliver]]> https://rotorwayforums.com/thread-50.html
Initially, When I purchased the kit in 2022, I was planning on building not only a safe and correct mechanical aircraft, but one worthy of showing off cosmetically, and craft wise   But the three year delay has pushed the entire goal now into just the safe and mechanically correct version, and the cosmetics maybe later (I have two complete aircraft worth of body panels to mess up, one set already not so great).

So wish me luck,  I have shed a bunch of extraneous projects off my plate and am planning on jumping on this project with a lot more time and effort and making serious progress this winter/spring.
Ah yes!   The excitement of unpacking back when I was clueless of the challenges RotorX was going through.   This was prior to the Rotorway Builders group on facebook, and when I couldn't get the forum moderator to approve my membership on ROG forum (should have been a clue things weren't going well).    


Once again, this was prior to the Rotorway Builders group facebook page.  I spent as much time searching the internet for people in my situation looking for some build advice.   Eventually, the ROG forum moderator got around to approving my membership and I was able to connect with a few other new ROTORX builders at my same level of frustration.  Trying to figure out where to split the tub.  Wade at the factory was hard to get in touch with, and eventually I spent some time with him on the phone where he admitted the panels were anything but close.   Gave me a couple of hints and wished me luck.   (Another clue I didn't catch early enought-   Trying to get in touch with anybody at the factory about questions).  Luckily at that time, I was able to communicate with the few aforementioned ROTORX builders on ROG for help.   But eventually, I lost access to ROG when I put in a wrong password a couple times.   Was never able to get the administrator to reset the password.  Gave up on ROG, as by now the Rotorway builders group on Facebook started and I found the ROG forum was so hit and miss most people had given up on it.

RotorX and their crappy fitting winglets.    Little did I know at this time, that I probably should have just left them off, finished off the stabilizers without the winglets.   But spent a lot of time cutting, trimming and reshaping trying to get some semblance of a fit.

About this time in my build; RotorX was - unknown to me, in full fledge melt down.   Employees either didn't answer the phone, or brushed everything off, with company correct speak of, "Wade" is out of the office this week-  We are waiting on parts from our suppliers, we expect them any day---Your group is going to be "next one out".   We all know where that went.   They failed, work stopped on my end as well.

So Here I am 3+ years later.  Getting ready to lower my tailboom down from it's dusty perch where it's been hanging the last three years, put it back on the frame, and continue on.   This pick a few days ago.   I'm getting ready to fit the windscreen.   Waiting on a response from Barroso about his window mounting jig dimensions.]]>
Initially, When I purchased the kit in 2022, I was planning on building not only a safe and correct mechanical aircraft, but one worthy of showing off cosmetically, and craft wise   But the three year delay has pushed the entire goal now into just the safe and mechanically correct version, and the cosmetics maybe later (I have two complete aircraft worth of body panels to mess up, one set already not so great).

So wish me luck,  I have shed a bunch of extraneous projects off my plate and am planning on jumping on this project with a lot more time and effort and making serious progress this winter/spring.
Ah yes!   The excitement of unpacking back when I was clueless of the challenges RotorX was going through.   This was prior to the Rotorway Builders group on facebook, and when I couldn't get the forum moderator to approve my membership on ROG forum (should have been a clue things weren't going well).    


Once again, this was prior to the Rotorway Builders group facebook page.  I spent as much time searching the internet for people in my situation looking for some build advice.   Eventually, the ROG forum moderator got around to approving my membership and I was able to connect with a few other new ROTORX builders at my same level of frustration.  Trying to figure out where to split the tub.  Wade at the factory was hard to get in touch with, and eventually I spent some time with him on the phone where he admitted the panels were anything but close.   Gave me a couple of hints and wished me luck.   (Another clue I didn't catch early enought-   Trying to get in touch with anybody at the factory about questions).  Luckily at that time, I was able to communicate with the few aforementioned ROTORX builders on ROG for help.   But eventually, I lost access to ROG when I put in a wrong password a couple times.   Was never able to get the administrator to reset the password.  Gave up on ROG, as by now the Rotorway builders group on Facebook started and I found the ROG forum was so hit and miss most people had given up on it.

RotorX and their crappy fitting winglets.    Little did I know at this time, that I probably should have just left them off, finished off the stabilizers without the winglets.   But spent a lot of time cutting, trimming and reshaping trying to get some semblance of a fit.

About this time in my build; RotorX was - unknown to me, in full fledge melt down.   Employees either didn't answer the phone, or brushed everything off, with company correct speak of, "Wade" is out of the office this week-  We are waiting on parts from our suppliers, we expect them any day---Your group is going to be "next one out".   We all know where that went.   They failed, work stopped on my end as well.

So Here I am 3+ years later.  Getting ready to lower my tailboom down from it's dusty perch where it's been hanging the last three years, put it back on the frame, and continue on.   This pick a few days ago.   I'm getting ready to fit the windscreen.   Waiting on a response from Barroso about his window mounting jig dimensions.]]>