Tail Time

[Auto-Rotation-Nation]

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but I'm hoping it will be kinder to me. just hoping to find out how some of ya'll feel on this topic, thanks!

Edited December 14, 2010 by Auto-Rotation-Nation

[gary-mike]

Dang I read the title and thought I would find some nice pictures here. Sorry, I had to say something. My only "tail time" has been in a R-22 intro flight so far so I have no right to vote.

[crashed_05]

What about no tail, period. Vertol 107 or some other tandoms.

[Snowman]

Never flown one, but the K-Max has no tail rotor and it looks like they may start the production line up again. I believe there are only 27 left, although the new ones will only need a pilot at a desk far away.

[Eric Hunt]

I enjoyed flying the EC120 with the ducted fan, because it was so quiet. Other aspects of it were unpleasant (insufficient ventilation for all the heat coming in through the glass, a little underpowered) but it was brand new and that made up for a lot.

Regarding regular tail rotors, the only one where I never ran short of T/R power was the S76 - didn't matter what you demanded of it, it hung in there.

[Auto-Rotation-Nation]

What about no tail, period. Vertol 107 or some other tandoms.

 

Being a huge Dual Rotor fan myself I can't believe I left them out, very sorry. Edited and Revised the poll to fulfill this requirement as of 12/13/2010

[palmfish]

Personally, as long as the nose goes where I want when I push the pedals, I don't care what the push/pull tubes and bell cranks are connected to.

 

Though I admit, tandem rotor slope landings were a little weird until I got used to it.