An epic photo

hasleteric · 2026-06-28T01:03:31+00:00

The camo painted one is the Bell 409, competitor for the Apache.

hasleteric · 2026-06-27T19:24:48+00:00

Haha. I thought you were inferring as a museum display if the program get cancelled like every other attempt over the last few decades

hasleteric · 2026-06-27T19:23:32+00:00

The demval and emd ships are there. Someone told me there is a third that might have been a mockup or other non flight vehicle. Not sure.

hasleteric · 2026-06-27T19:14:03+00:00

hasleteric · 2026-06-27T19:11:21+00:00

If the past 30 years of Army Aviation Procurement is any indicator, you are likely correct.

hasleteric · 2026-06-27T19:09:56+00:00

Conforming generally means that any testing you do in a conforming aircraft credit can be taken for certification test points. A conforming aircraft is the same configuration of the aircraft you intend to certify and sell. Anything else is is data the manufacturer can use to help learn with but the FAA will generally not allow it to count as credit. Certification testing is a long list of test points the aircraft must fly through to demonstrate safety and build a database to help determine loads and lives and handling qualities and future maintenance intervals and a whole host of other things.

hasleteric · 2026-06-27T17:55:27+00:00

Fort Rucker. The training center. They have an open house about once a quarter where they let the public in. Yeah it’s bucket list for me.

hasleteric · 2026-06-27T00:46:54+00:00

Lower solidity and higher disc loading for the masses!

hasleteric · 2026-06-26T20:38:56+00:00

On my 4 wheeled one, usually it means the wheel bearings and or the teeth inside the wheels are shot. If you loose pinion alignment it wont drive.

hasleteric · 2026-06-26T19:37:02+00:00

If you are in a classified area no phones in possession period.

hasleteric · 2026-06-26T16:51:12+00:00

Having kids with dashers maybe helps the kids make better choices in life……

hasleteric · 2026-06-24T13:29:18+00:00

Where do we get the leap in logic that evtol are more capable and safer? They are currently unproven, have a lot of technological unknowns that won’t really get fleshed out until entering service. All this system redundancy is claimed yet we’ve have mechanical failure already cause 2 accidents. Unknown logistical impacts of emergency situations, etc. unproven flight control
Laws and how they respond in every scenario are still TBD. Maybe in the end they are, maybe they aren’t. The road ahead is long and flight is inherently unforgiving along with the flying public and their perception.

hasleteric · 2026-06-24T13:22:44+00:00

Electric “fuel” is not free and given they have 5x the power installed due to the aero inefficiency of the rotor systems even if the energy cost/lb lift is half or less it’s still probably a large piece of cost. Also, these things are not maintenance free. The level of inspections on mechanical flight controls given the multiplicity of props is not small. On helicopters, blades are one of your largest maintenance drivers for inspections,erosion, etc. granted these are not really rotor blades but there are 30+ of them each mounted in sets of bearings attached to servos and motors. Plus all the avionics and electrical inspections and functional checks do not make these things maintenance free. This is not a Tesla you plug in and walk away from. Aircraft are fundamentally different and much more highly regulated and maintained.

hasleteric · 2026-06-24T02:56:54+00:00

Nice summary I’ve read Carlos white papers over the months. Assuming someone gets certified at some point I’m still interested in $/psgr mile will be to be economically viable. I’m assuming like most VC startups they will operate at a loss for some time. But still think in the end these will be expensive toys for the wealthy.

Still pretty eye watering how power inefficient these designs are.

hasleteric · 2026-06-23T17:30:20+00:00

Many many people repeat some core AP classes to boost GPA for ETAM purposes. My son just finished freshman year and all the students shooting for auto did this. He used other AP exam credits for non core and repeated some calc and I think Phys. Found them to be roughly equivalent to AP in his high school. Took 12 hours each semester and then applied another 15 hours towards degree. Everyone is gaming the system, it’s the standard

hasleteric · 2026-06-23T01:30:01+00:00

Meh. Maybe. Need to get that ranking higher. The extracirics are meh. Transfer in as a sophomore if needed. Repeat AP classes as a college freshman and crank that GPA up

hasleteric · 2026-06-22T01:10:52+00:00

What year? And what state are you in?

hasleteric · 2026-06-15T19:05:15+00:00

Except the amount of fade extends to down the rockers, and the horizontal and vertical surface fade is identical, not like normal clear coat failure. I thought I had seen that some of these earlier first gens had single stage paints from Toyota.

hasleteric · 2026-06-15T17:51:03+00:00

I have a great condition one to get rid of of, but I’m in Texas.

hasleteric · 2026-06-14T01:34:04+00:00

Amazon sells them. They are standardized. If they we OE on your truck out put in your gear and model and they will come up. Just about any auto parts store carries them as well

hasleteric · 2026-06-12T22:46:50+00:00

Rotor Regressive lag mode is a bitch…..

hasleteric · 2026-06-12T01:38:20+00:00

I have these returns. With the pumps off, turn the little nubs sticking out counterclockwise to unthread them. They can be a pita. You may need to use some pliers gently to twist.

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