Following the success of my CG calculator for the Robinson R22 and R44, I have now produced a version for the Bell 206B. I have maintained the same format as for the R22 and the R44 so that the look, feel, and use is the same for all aircraft.
Many thanks to John-Hendric Durrer for [...]
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Bell 206B Helicopter Weight and Balance
Digital Flight Planner – Version 2!
I’ve made some improvements to my flight planning spreadsheet, and I’m please to announce that version two has now been released!
Not only does it include the solution to the Triangle of Velocities to allow automatic calculation of heading and groundspeed based on the given wind forecast, but it now also calculates your track and distance [...]
Circling downtown Los Angeles
Decending back down to around 1000ft we visit downtown LA. After circling around the skyscrapers (try doing that in the UK!) we head back home to Long Beach. What an awesome flight!!
Mt. Wilson from the air!
We leave Burbank airspace, and it’s time to pull the collective up to maximum continuous power, bring the speed back to 60kts, and start a climb up to 6500ft as we take in the Mt. Wilson Observatory.
Flying over Hollywood
Turning right at Santa Monica, we head towards the Hollywood Hills and buzz the famous sign.
Helicopter transit of LAX airspace 100ft over Manhattan Beach
Flying out over the Pacific coast from Long Beach to Santa Monica. A helicopter transit through LAX airspace involves going low level at less than 150ft over the beach underneath the main arrival/departure path. Great fun!!!
Heliflight Christmas Party
Last night I was at the rather excellent Mill Hotel in Alveley for HeliflightUK’s Christmas Party. This is a great opportunity for all the staff and customers of Heliflight to mingle and meet other fellow helicopter pilots, along with their partners and friends.
All the guys were looking rather dapper in their suits and dinner jackets, [...]
RotorTalk Newsletter
I had some more work published recently in RotorTalk the official newsletter of HeliflightUK Ltd.. They used several of my photos from Western-super-Mare Helidays back in July. I also wrote an article for them comparing model helicopters with flying full-size machines.
You can download the newsletter below, it’s just over 2MB in size so [...]
Digital Flight Planner
Ready to throw the whiz-wheel out the window? Have a look at this flight planning spreadsheet that includes the solution to the Triangle of Velocities. With a convenient knee-board sized output and large clear display of all the most important information, you may never need your whiz-wheel again!
Simply enter your desired track, true [...]
Helicopter Checklists
I’ve added a page for different aircraft checklists. At the moment it just contains the startup and shutdown checklist for the Robinson R22 helcopter. I’ll add more as I find them.