RkyMtnHI Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Rotors is flight testing a new Schweizer 300 SIM that is being custom built for them by Merlin Simulators. While at Merlin's hangar today i found this awesome BO-105!! I thought you might like a look at it. This ship is owned and flown by a private owner... what a nice toy! i'll also post a couple photos of the SIM, but they really suck, i left my good camera at home.. sorry... more on the SIM later. I will say that i am very surprised at how well the SIM flies, i spent some time on the FRASCA helo sim at last years heli-expo and actually like this one better. We had a 1500hr fixed wing pilot with us today that said the same thing, he has a lot of experience on the fixed wing FRASCA and thought the Merlin was superior!! I'll let you know after i get more than an hour in it... i already like the 20+ failure modes you can set up AND the idea of practicing autos into city areas... more 105 photos here: http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm243/R.../Other%20helos/ aloha, dp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmfish Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 That is a very nice looking Bolkow. We had 4 of them, but we're getting rid of them in favor of Bell 407's. I've never flown one but based on the Karl Zimmerman videos I've seen, it looks like a capable bird. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oXRBt-fLv0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelFire_91 Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Jealous as always Dp, jealous as always... I like that rotor head though, how much more simple could you get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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