Build a Helicopter from a KIT! - Rotorway 2 Seater Turbocharged
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- Build a Helicopter from a KIT! - Rotorway 2 Seater Turbocharged - Fly from your Backyard! built and flown by Joel Amick of Lake Norman North Carolina
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My Father helped design the main frame jig that is still in use at the factory in Chandler AZ..
You don't have to build 51% of an experimental aircraft. An approved kit has to allow the builder(s) to accomplish 51% of the needed tasks to build the aircraft. So if an experimental kit airplane has 30 ribs, the kit can supply 29 finished ribs and the builder has to fabricate one to get credit for a "rib making" task. Some kit manufacturers offer two week to taxi programs where the "builder" goes to the factory where the staff "assists" the builder in accomplishing the list of tasks equating to 51% and they essentially build the rest and you have an aircraft ready to taxi under it's own power in two weeks. Sure, there are scratch builders out there who take raw materials and hardware and build off plans but most kits today are quite complete and mostly require assembly and finishing work.
That sounds very helpful, had not heard about it before. Thanks for sharing
Please can u suggest a few nice 2 weeks to taxi options
@@GurpreetSingh-he9cq there is a new one coming out soon that is supposed to be doing a 2 week program but you’ll have to go to the UK for it and it should be around the 500k mark but it’s a 5 seater
@@GurpreetSingh-he9cq it’s the Hills HX-50
A that information is cool but without contact information this entire paragraph is pointless. Links? Name of company? A friggin phone number? Something useful other than you telling us how easy it isnt?
They came out with the Rotorway Scorpion when I was 19 or 20. Sure wanted one.
I heard the word helicopter once and the word ship more than a documentary on the titanic.
Thanks for sharing
From Alaska or Canada they refer to them as machines , from a helicopter mechanic ( A & P ) point of view . Nice video . It would be cool to see more of the mechanics of the Helicopter. Thanks
It’s very obvious they don’t want people flying. I don’t see nearly 200k worth of machinery. They price them so us commoners can’t fly. I want one!!
Materials which are used in aircrafts needs much more inspecting when those are manufactured so its more from that and another reason is because not so much demand and that makes lessmass production and that is another reason for higher prices, surely its lot of money
sorry about bad english im not native
Lot off ppl are scared to fly and the other lot just dont care about flying or owning one so no mass production i do understand, and the extra safety that it needs coz u cant just pull off the road and inspect the engine as with a car.
But with all that been said and understood, its still extremely expensive to whats needed to build n fly it.
Just my opinion.
Im in the process of stealing one, just sorting out some fine details.
Mosquito helicopters
That is a pretty nice build . Hope to have one of those in my future .
Oh man Brings back memories, when the Exec 1st came out we WERE then life hit, Ended up with a Truck, AZ TRUCK 😆
Did you ever visit the factory in Chandler?
@@TA-kr1di unfortunately, no I didn't ,TO Rotoway's credit , they sure have stood the test of time
Awesome looking Machine 👍 very nice
Popular mechanics nostalgia
Just purchased by Rotor X 2021.
@@ExperimentalAircraftChannel aren't they developing a 6 seater?
@@ExperimentalAircraftChannel and have you looked into the hummingbird helicopter out of Florida? czcams.com/video/a3G-HIMxm1g/video.html
Can you guide me ?
How the CG and aerodynamic Center of rotor blade algin to the rotor head ?..
really very superb finished ..
Another very informative video as usual. Thanks for uploading!
Pretty cool but a mosquito is more my price range and I like idea of a one seater so I can’t have someone with me if fit hits the shan
I am about to purchase a RotoX A600 Phoenix, I don't personally think you can get this type of beautiful aircraft at this price point anywhere.. Love the Guimbal G12, but who has time to wait 12+ wait times?
God bless 🙏
Lol the prices he mentions are lower to try and get you to try and buy a kit...
But the things he mentioned that he's done to his own personal helipter was probably an extra $150k. His helicopter is actually in the $300k-$350k range I bet.
All in all, the kit is most likely around the $150k-200k
Hello dear nice to meet you and those helicopter are working very well 😅😊🎉
That looks damn good.
Tbis for sale ?
This is for sale ?
That environment is my idea of heaven - and that 'ship' is absolutely gorgeous...'we' don't do this stuff in the UK!! :0(
I met you a few weeks ago at Cannon Creek! New subscribers . Love your content !
Hey Teresa! Good to meet you out there at Cannon Creek as well!
Sangat bagus kawan, saya suka 👍👍👍🙏
grazy amazing
Building from a kit may be possible, but flying it... Oh, it is another history.
Sweet!
I've seen plenty of the rotorway 162f under 60k but they typically don't have the turbo.
What’s the price for this?
Fine I’ll get one
Awesome video! Joel is a solid dude, I met him at another fly-in in Texas.
Nice! I have flown one of these!
Is there band loose in hub bearing seal? Black grease thrown out.
Looks great!
Can these chop their own tail boom off if you spazz out?
А проблему со шпонкой распредвала, которая ломает в четырёх местах этот вал, решили?
Я на своём специально разобрал.паз под шпонку не сквозной . Шпонка никак не вылетит
amazingly solid 👌👌👌
Hello would you consider doing a factory tour of rotorx. I would love to have a look around there shop.
That would be great wouldn't it?!! The company just changed hands last year so that might play a part in tours. We plan on doing a west coast tour sometime in 2022 so that might just happen! :-)
@@ExperimentalAircraftChannel that would be awesome thanks
I don't remember hearing anything about what powers his ship.
mine is an exec 90,4cyl petrol engine, 150hp. 2.6 ltr . turbo versions add 20+hp. ideal for higher altitudes etc, however, reading through some of the other comments, i was sorely tempted to say "elastic bands" yours was a reasonable comment,by the way.
@@eddyriley2055 how do you feel about that belt tail drive system?
functional, flexible and forgiving. but when you look inside the tailboom at the intermediate pulley system, you accept it works well somehow,,,,,,@@codmott286
STOL?!…hold my rootbeer.
Where can we get info on the Lake City fly-in? I'd like to make it next year.
Is the Exec built with metric or standard hardware?
I like their looks and FADEC engines. I wish they had tail rotor driveshafts instead of tail rotor drive belts, also wish their main rotors went counterclockwise, and that their tail rotors advanced with the leading edge below the tail boom.
Oh, and the Helicycle community and factory support is also great.
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Do these require a license or are they considered recreational?
license
What was the appendage hanging from the tail boom? It’s not the exhaust; maybe it’s a tuned mass damper?
It is a movable weight . Depending on weather you are flying solo or with an additional passenger . Can`t remember off the top of my head ,,,, but one way it is in the rear ,,, the other it is on the front skid tube .
@@JoeyWebber955 you are correct!
I thought it was a bulbous bow or tail um stern sorry captain don't make me walk the plank or rotor
I love the way pilot called Heli as a ship. Nice.
I don’t like the term ship and I fly them. I guess it is just easier to say than helicopter. Most fixed wing pilots refer to them as aircraft. Another general term but more appropriate in my opinion. A ship is a large vessel that floats on water. Most helicopter pilots when talking about them say ship with such regard as if it is the love of their life. I get their affection but it is still hard to hear the word ship and not think about a large boat. Just my two cents.
@@justflylow - the term ship comes from the fact that they work on fluid dynamic principals but I prefer fix wing aircraft or rotor wing aircraft myself. Definition is key
@@justflylow same here I’ve never heard them called ship specially being a 2 seater , like calling a dinghy a ship just don’t sound right
The term ship in reference to helicopters has been used since around the time the1962 Huey Cobra GUNSHIP was introduced.
You can get these used with low hour's
$40.000 tops
Hai, some on start a venture like this company in India..
Next time get some film of them doing auto's in them.
I want to build the kit, but RotorX does not return my calls!
Do you need a license to fly it I know the smaller 1 don't require it but only a 1 seater
used to be you had to be licenced to carry a passenger......
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At aboot minute 2:00 what is with the tail-wagging yaw?
over compensating for a side wind.
@@eddyriley2055 Yes, of course. Why post this mediocre-pilot control?
Where u buy one
Delhi to Ranchi jane m kitna lagega
Where to buy the kit
I hope the Ship never hits the fan.
Doors , can U ? Or do they come with doors aa an Option ?😅
Here in India price 57 lakh 😄
Still reasonable buddy... Somethings are better if they are expensive. Helicopters are one of them definitely.
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To bad they don’t have a turbine version like that one seater.
I'd fly a Rotorway built by my 8-year-old niece before I'd fly a Robinson.
A ese helicóptero es mejor adaptar un motor de toyota
The A800 looks sleak.
How can someone who is interested with trying to have a business start-up? Would you be of help?
This is very cool...I imagine his life insurance premiums went up a bit.
Life insurance doesnt typically cover GA, so it likely stayed the same.
How would someone like myself on a fixed income get to build my own helicopter?
Wood. Youll also need a v4 turbo motor, a rotor, and a tail rotor. You can find most of these parts at an aircraft junkyard.
Nevermind I don't have that kind of money
Used helicopter far sale 9:23
doing a little fibbing here on the PRICES i think.
Um
The Rotorway company aka RotorX , a while back went full tilt trying to get 100% payments, while refusing to seel parts of kits people needed to finish kits. It appears they had no intention of making anything, everyone lost their money and nothing was delivered.
The company videos claimed "its the same people" as before their sale to China and resurection into a new company name that has happened repeatedly.
Yep another rich man thing
Yep motivation to stick to business, dream big.
do you need a license to fly this??
Here's my comment-- After watching hundreds of helicopter videos, my conclusion is they are simply too dangerous for recreational flying. Helicopter pilots can practice autorotations to infinity, but when a real emergency happens, it usually ends in a fatal crash-- even with experienced commercial pilots. I think helicopters should be restricted to vital situations like search and rescue, medical evacuations, military operations, police surveillance and not much else. Was just watching a video this afternoon of the helicopter crash that killed one of the country music singing duo Montgomery Gentry. He took the flight just on a whim for entertainment before one of their shows-- both he and the pilot were killed. ALL flying has risks, but I think the risk exposure of helicopters is way too high for non-essential joy riding. There's my unsolicited opinion.
This guys reasoning for not pursuing an instrument rating (as a low time fixed wing pilot) is inane at best. Great subject, wrong guy.
The rotorcraft rating is likely far more useful; so many of my friends don't use the instrument rating they have (I hated flying 3 hours in the soup with no A/P in my Skyhawk.)
@@UncleKennysPlace stupid comment that really has nothing to do with what I was referencing.....I would ask you one simple question: were/are you a better pilot for having the instrument rating.....(fixed wing, rotor, your choice, notwithstanding the fact you got the rating not having an AP) ?
@@ackack612 I've got an instrument rating and would trade it for a rotorcraft rating in a New Yorlk minute. Helicopters are just too crazy expensive.
It's just another Rich man's Toy.
How much is a new truck ?
25--30 yrs ago, these Rotorwa6 Exec helicopter kits went anywhere from $25,000--$30, 000 dollars. Stop using the term "ship" for helicopters dude!!! Good luck with your Exec & fly safe!!!
How about stfu and drive the truck Ray? Helicopters have been called ships since the 60s. The first being the Huey Cobra GUNSHIP. Its the long skinny pedal on the right Ray.
we had 34,000 in ours with the elastomeric bearing system.....sold it for 17,000
@@dwightdodd3734 Wow!!!
There's good reason an R22 costs more than this thing - quality engineering. These rotorways use a dozen belts between each system and a modified car engine for power. They're also amateur built so who knows what mistakes/shortcuts the owner took, if he had a few beers that night assembling the tail rotor system, or if he became impatient and got sloppy with the rivets. The R22 uses the worlds most reliable piston and is built by professionals to exacting standards. Is your life really not worth 50k?
See the video out of Texas a few days ago? I flew real helicopters for about 30 years and wouldn’t get within 50 yards of a Robinson.
@@guitarpilots76 yeah i saw it but cmon you know they are otherwise extremely reliable helicopters with a proven design. Nothing is impervious to failure
A certified rotary wing pilot is not permitted to control a Robinson R-22/R-44 without logged SFAR No. 73 training because a Robinson is nothing more than a commercially built version of a home-built aircraft.
They show it like he did created himself a helicopter and builded himself, while he simply got helicopter in parts and did all, i mean all the work helicopter company should have done instead.While they should had build bunch of these for same price you bought, It should cost only 30 000 $ max with all parts they made and build. In my opinion all aviation business is big scam. Manufacturers simply pockets all the money. Its like if you would have car price of ferrari on all cars, but ferrari would be no more than toyota prius at best. Its damn simple these aviation companies are bought by corps. And refuse to release cheap products, to not get hit theyr main sales. This is how they work. Small company creates the product, which at first is so so cheap, but to create in quantity and pass all test they need money, so they sell theyr stocks and it ends up people who own stocks will never agree to make it cheap as this will hurt them, and if they dont buy it they will make so what this wont go out, like bribing inspectors etc. To sell one expensive piece is better than selling millions for cheap for them. Thisis what we get bunch supoer old planes flying and not loosing price, only increasing value of new ones. those ultra light ones just now started to increse and more competition lower the price it is.
This helicopter price 5800000
No one calls airplanes ships helicopter guys are just a bit special.
Just another Rich man's Toy.
A man has a right to build something that he can die in and be chopped up into little bits. Helicopters fly by being so ugly the ground repels them. I'll take an airplane any day. Those whirlybird flying contraptions ain't for me buddy. Ha ha
I apologize for lift vs drag vs rotation being too much for you.
@@dnandez79 Your apology is accepted, but don't let it happen again.
@@gmcjetpilot obviously the fecetious nature of my comment fell on deaf ears : ) have a better day.
Just another toy for the rich,.....when will enough actually,....be enough?
You need to work harder so that you can support my GoFundMe lol
In the medical field, this activity is thought to be suicidal ideation.
They are Nothing more than a Rich person Toy.105,000 get real
Duuude….. i am the one who’s drinking a pint here and you there getting drunk😵💫🥴 probably high as well!
For a moment you made me pause the video and try to count how many pints did I have🧐 but soon I remembered that its the only one I’ve had tonight so far. 😊
After hitting play on the video there you go again and again over and over several time.
If i were you, I would change the dealer pal or stop taking whatever you have taken.
You old timer should know better than the most of the commentators here “no offence y’all“. that a ship lives on sea and sail’s or float’s away on the water.
That what you standing next to, is a damn HELICOPTER 🚁 and it flies up in the air as it is supposed to since it’s build for that purpose.
For real now, how do you really feel inside when you call the CHOPPER a goddamn SHIP?? I bet even you yourself feel like a sheep or clown i should say hearing out loud your self calling the
HELICOPTER 🚁 🚁 🚁 a God damnmotherfucking SHIIIIIIIIP 😳😳😳
Not certified.
Why do people want to fly from the left seat? If you want to lean and look you're doing it over the collective plus if you need to fiddle with switches or gauges you either have to switch hands or reach across yourself. Seriously poor planning
Next : The Jesus Nut of my DIY helicopter exploded in flight, i prayed to jesus he didn’t answered.
Now im dead
Heard about the Jesus nut in the book “Chicken Hawk.” Very important nut, among many others.
@@Mrsournotes Yeah man 4 Most important nuts in life are.
1. Nuts to eat.
2. Not being nuts.
3. The white nut.
4. A Helicopter’s jesus nut.
@@medmusic7977 😂😂
I would never, never refer to it as a ship! If it was a blimp I would call it an airship. I was a yacht builder for over 25 years here on the coast of Maine. The marine industry and fishing her in my blood. My dad is a retired Air Force colonel, and one of my hobbies is Aviation. I have been building and flying model aircraft for41 years. I now have 56 RC helicopters, and over 35 airplanes. And that includes jets. Most all of them are scale. They span from World War I to the current time. I have never ever heard anybody call an aircraft a ship never mind the helicopter. That’s stupid! Oh fondly refer to them as birds. And I would look that guy in the face and tell him nice bird!
I’m sure your little model airplanes are cute. But if you talk to any pilot, involved in law enforcement, or firefighting helicopters they always refer to their helicopters as ships. Get over yourself! Go play with your radio control model airplanes.
Ship ha ha ha ha ha ha ha duh
1963 Huey Cobra GUNSHIP
Have fun with that Cletus.
@@dnandez79 So you walked around a cobra that you actually flew and called it a ship?
enjoy your toys, that is the common expression.
Soon these will be electric!
Not if they want to do more than hover around the airport they wont.
lolz battery technology is a LOOONG WAY away from being viable in aviation, muchless personal, private helicopters. especially ones that are close to $100k
The Tesla craze won't hypnotize the FAA anytime soon
Seriously why there’s no belt on your diy helicopters rotor and there’s always a belt on Mosquitoes helicopters?
So you just care more about your safety than the customers safety ?
A belt is okay on a car or motorcycle but something that flies no.
Cutting off the cost and risking people’s lives is not okay at all.
The schweizer s300 and r22 helicopter has a belt and its very realible.they are much beefier than those used on cars
@@sengwesetogile6054 both of the helicopters u mentioned doesn’t have the same system, the belt is not on a pulley like on the mosquito and like on a skateboard, and like he said, u get less autorotation.
A belt is a belt no matter what and it shouldn’t be on the rotor.
If it was that reliable and safe, he would’ve put it on this helicopter he built, no? Well he didn’t.
Belts are safe..depends on their quality..the s300 has reably used belts for decades
Also realise you are talking about an ultralight with less than 100hp..we are not talking about a super heavy lift chopper..belts are just fine in such an aplication
A belt is made of plastic and plastic break.
A belt is a belt.