http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:41:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_268" align="alignleft" width="165" caption="RotorTalk - HeliflightUK Newsletter"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main/2008/11/rotortalknewsletter 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 ... http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main/2008/11/flightplanner 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. http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main/2008/11/helicopterchecklists I'm in the process of designing a flight planning spreadsheet so that I don't have to keep doing all the repetitive calculations by hand. One of the calculations involves working out the heading required to maintain the desired track in windy conditions, or in other words, how much you ... http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main/2008/10/awindyproblem [caption id="attachment_140" align="alignleft" width="151" caption="Renefiles Oracle Newsletter"][/caption] I was contacted recently by Marguerite Krause, the webmaster of ReneFiles the official website of René Auberjonois. She had spotted my photos of René from SFB Reunion6 and was interested in using some of them in "Oracle" the fan club newsletter. I sent some images ... http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main/2008/10/renefiles I've now updated my helicopter weight and balance spreadsheet to include the Robinson R44. I have maintained the same format for both the R22 and the R44 so that the look, feel, and use is the same for both. The R22 page simply has the rear seats and ... http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main/2008/09/r4helicopterweightandbalance Last weekend I visited Reunion 6 a science fiction convention in the West Midlands run by SFB Events. Contrary to popular belief, sci-fi conventions are not full of geeks wearing Star Trek uniforms, and nerds hoping to some day teach a girl about this human thing called love. Oh ... http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main/2008/09/reunion6 Last night I was lucky enough to be invited to the wedding reception of John and Katie Dyson.  Everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves and the dance floor was packed for most of the night - thanks mostly I think to Katies Mum!  There were quite a few characters there ... http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main/2008/08/john-and-katies-wedding-reception Having spent some time looking on the internet for a good Weight and Balance Calculator for the Robinson R22 Helicopter and finding most of them to be poorly designed and difficult to customise, I decided to create my own. This MS Excel spreadsheet has a clear layout and simple tables for ... http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main/2008/08/r22helicopterweightandbalance Western Helidays is a four day Helicopter Fly-in along Weston Sea Front. This years event was held over July 25 to July 27. Helidays is the largest annual event staged on Weston-super-Mare sea front, taking up 3/4 mile of the Beach Lawns at peak holiday season, and attracts ... http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main/2008/08/helidays