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    that was 2021 when you got the single seater. time really does fly.
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    on my list. hopefully the next one.
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    exactly. i have flown a yellow xair. a red xair and now an orange one.
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    you keep coming up with fixed wing comparisons. no one is arguing that. we are talking heli accidents. and i do have extensive helicopter experience. at school i did a weeks work experience sweeping the floor at the esso heliport and i walked past a sikorski gearbox 5 days in a row. what more do you want.😁
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    the statistics are available, you can look them up . when i say pilot error maybe i could choose a better term . i mean accidents that are not mechanical failure. like the seaworld and the washington accidents. both collisions.
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    i was told i was talking bs by a member who hunts facts but what you said here proves the statistics i found would be correct. choppers rarely crash and if you took the pilot error crashes out of it i think they would be shown to be extremely reliable.
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    Wayoa
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    I was replying to red not you.
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    i live in victoria, australias only communist run state.
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    They can get really cranky. I find it's much more relaxing just to turn the radio off and land after a couple of circuits . There is so much runway at Tullamarine the xair hardly needs any.
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    if you wait til late may / june the weather is nice there.
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    understandable. haven't been in that situation myself .
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    How often does that happen. If we listened to you we wouldn't leave the house and definitely not go to northam
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    marap is a one time fee. why do you need one for a 19 reg.
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    way over the top onetrack reply. part 103 is very popular. you can find negatives in everything if you look hard enough. trying looking up p103 and you might be surprised .
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    imagine his dog trying to drag a hummelbird back to shore.
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    I would have thought gearbox seizing or bearing failure would have to be looked at too.
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    Probably not a lot of call for one. Be more exciting than watching dull fw aeros though.
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    Many gyro pilots died in the early days due to mast bump. Hughie pilots were trained to avoid it too. There is a bell training video on YouTube.
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    Neg g bump is a 2 blade rotor problem due to the teeter rotor heads. I think you will find aerobatic choppers have 3 blade rotors.
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    I never compared fw . It's obvious choppers can't win that one. Just saying the accident rate is still extremely low for them. Look at the weather the rescue and police choppers went out in during the severe storm that hit the Sydney to Hobart that time. Winds gusting 100 mph and these blokes were holding station over dismasted yachts. Pretty impressive.
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    These screenshots are blurry but you can click on the link at the top.
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    Accident_trends.pdf
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