Last update: Monday Morning 30 January, 2012

Improved Engine Lube Oil Modifications - 30 psi pressure relief valve

and new oil filter housing mounting added.  Read about it here.

Tail Rotor Dynamic Balancing completed.  Read about it here.

Main Rotor Dynamic Balancing preliminary preparations - Read about it here.

My helicopter was checked out Saturday the 27th of August 2011.  Here Doug Schwochert, the Helicycle test pilot, is making a quick stop.  This is a maneuver that all helicopter pilots need to perfect to avoid unexpected obstacles.

That evening Doug (foreground), and Hap Miller, owner/builder of serial number 1-1, head off on a short hop from Rio Vista Airport just before sunset.  The smoke is from a brush fire burning in the hills - not the helicopter exhaust.  To read more about my project use the menu at the left.