The CEO / President of rotor x (Don) and I were good friends many years ago back in Alaska during college. Great guy. Smart guy. He always talked about his fascinating ideas.
I have been looking at the Rotorway/ Rotor X and the Safari. My father owned and flew 3 Bell 47s so that is all I have been in. I never got licensed but flew them with him. We looked at rotorway products at oshkosh for years. I would like to visit the facilities. Can anyone give me non partial input that has flown both the safari and the Talon or Exec? Great Job by the way! Thanks for the videos.
I have experience in Bell-47’s I haven’t flown the Safari. But the Safari has a lot of similarities to the Bell-47. Some advantages of the Safari that I see; 1. It has a Lycoming engine. 2. Safari has a transmission and tail-rotor drive shaft system. 3. The cockpits are larger than Rotorway. With that the Safari does have increased complexity due to having a main transmission and tail rotor drive shaft system. This will increase the cost of operation of the aircraft. Does it equate necessarily more reliability and increased safety I couldn’t really tell. But I know that thousands of Rotorway Kits have been sold over the years. And I’m sure there are hundreds in the United States that are currently airworthy and flying. In my opinion the Rotorway is the cheapest two seat experimental kit helicopter that you can own. And it has a fairly good reliability and safety record. Most accidents that occur in the Rotorway occur during Hover phase when somebody catches a skid and rolls the aircraft over. Safari doesn’t have the amount of kits produced that Rotorway does. So there are less examples of Safari flying nationwide to compare safety records. Bell-47’s have an excellent high inertia Rotor system that gives you plenty of energy to autorotate with. I assume the Safari is similar in design. The Rotorway rotor system is low inertia. With a low inertia rotor system the rotor energy decays fast but can be recovered quickly. Hi inertia rotor systems decay slowly but also take more time to recover. In the end you should take a demo ride in each aircraft before you decide what you want to buy. You should talk to owners on both sides to form your own opinion. And then establish what budget you can afford to buy the aircraft and operate it. Feel free to email me at priologpriolo@gmail.com with questions about Rotorway/RotorX helicopters
@@josephpriolo1514 Very good thanks for the input. Yes I plan to fly in both before making a decision for sure. The "Mini Bell" just has a place in my heart. My dad had them for so long and just loved his Bell's They were just part of the family...... Thanks again.
2,000 hours is the Recommended retirement for the airframe. But you would have replaced many other components before that time. Rotorway/RotorX are not Certified machines. With that said if they are properly maintained you can enjoy many hours of flight time. Most owners don’t fly more than 50 to 100 hours per year. So 2,000 hours can last a long time
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The CEO / President of rotor x (Don) and I were good friends many years ago back in Alaska during college. Great guy. Smart guy. He always talked about his fascinating ideas.
I like the in flight mic headset adapters!
1:05 What about shock cooling from rolling it off for auto practice?
@@shreddder999 the Rotorway engine is water cooled. Shock cooling is not an issue.
I watch all your RotorWay Videos immediately you post them, Good Job, I told Rotor X Owners about you months ago, Getting one soon
Thanks for watching
Just done the first portion of my Rotorway ground school in prep for starting to fly mine (share in...) very soon
Sweet thanks for watching. Good luck in your Rotorway training and fly safe.
I have been looking at the Rotorway/ Rotor X and the Safari. My father owned and flew 3 Bell 47s so that is all I have been in. I never got licensed but flew them with him. We looked at rotorway products at oshkosh for years. I would like to visit the facilities. Can anyone give me non partial input that has flown both the safari and the Talon or Exec? Great Job by the way! Thanks for the videos.
I have experience in Bell-47’s I haven’t flown the Safari. But the Safari has a lot of similarities to the Bell-47. Some advantages of the Safari that I see; 1. It has a Lycoming engine. 2. Safari has a transmission and tail-rotor drive shaft system. 3. The cockpits are larger than Rotorway.
With that the Safari does have increased complexity due to having a main transmission and tail rotor drive shaft system. This will increase the cost of operation of the aircraft. Does it equate necessarily more reliability and increased safety I couldn’t really tell. But I know that thousands of Rotorway Kits have been sold over the years. And I’m sure there are hundreds in the United States that are currently airworthy and flying.
In my opinion the Rotorway is the cheapest two seat experimental kit helicopter that you can own. And it has a fairly good reliability and safety record. Most accidents that occur in the Rotorway occur during Hover phase when somebody catches a skid and rolls the aircraft over.
Safari doesn’t have the amount of kits produced that Rotorway does. So there are less examples of Safari flying nationwide to compare safety records.
Bell-47’s have an excellent high inertia Rotor system that gives you plenty of energy to autorotate with. I assume the Safari is similar in design. The Rotorway rotor system is low inertia. With a low inertia rotor system the rotor energy decays fast but can be recovered quickly. Hi inertia rotor systems decay slowly but also take more time to recover.
In the end you should take a demo ride in each aircraft before you decide what you want to buy. You should talk to owners on both sides to form your own opinion. And then establish what budget you can afford to buy the aircraft and operate it. Feel free to email me at priologpriolo@gmail.com with questions about Rotorway/RotorX helicopters
@@josephpriolo1514 Very good thanks for the input. Yes I plan to fly in both before making a decision for sure. The "Mini Bell" just has a place in my heart. My dad had them for so long and just loved his Bell's They were just part of the family...... Thanks again.
What? No flight footage?? WTH?
Hello Joseph I was reading online after 2000 hours they recommend retiring the ship what’s ur thoughts on this
2,000 hours is the Recommended retirement for the airframe. But you would have replaced many other components before that time. Rotorway/RotorX are not Certified machines. With that said if they are properly maintained you can enjoy many hours of flight time. Most owners don’t fly more than 50 to 100 hours per year. So 2,000 hours can last a long time
@@josephpriolo1514 wow I was figuring most of u guys was flying atleast 10 hours a week 😂😂 btw sweet videos
@@2WildRazn thanks for watching, yeah the most I flew in a year was 150 hours on my Rotorway. But each owner is different.
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This is news to me
So after 2000 hours a rotorwing has know value
How does this compare to other hilos
I'm a newbie
Great ride... but, someone needs a haircut or a helmet.. 🤣
LOL
Claudio, get a haircut or wear a hat! Much of the video was of your hair! :-)
Too bad the guys hand in his hairs in the way of the film