http://www.flyingmag.com/avionics-gear/retrofit-avionics/garmin-shows-g500h-robinson-r44. By Robert Goyer / Published: Feb 15, 2012 Related Tags: Retrofit Avionics, News Rate it! or Garmin G500H Enlarge Photo Photo: Garmin At the indoor static at Heli-Expo Garmin was showing off its STC retrofit of the G500H flat panel avionics into the popular Robinson R44 four-place piston powered helicopter. The STC can be [...]
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February 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Heli-Expo 2012: Robinson celebrates a bumper 2011 – News – Shephard
February 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Heli-Expo 2012: Robinson celebrates a bumper 2011 – News – Shephard. Robinson is looking at increasing production rates of its R66 turbines after a bumper year of orders. Speaking at the company’s Heli-Expo press conference on 12 February, Kurt Robinson, CEO and president of Robinson Helicopter, said 2011 was ‘a very good year’ with production [...]
Aspen avionics available on Robinson helicopters
February 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Aspen avionics available on Robinson helicopters. By Alton K. Marsh Aspen Avionics Evolution glass cockpits will be offered on Robinson R22, R44, and turbine R66 models. The Evolution primary flight display will be a factory option late this year. Aspen Avionics systems are already available on the Bell 206 and Eurocopter AS350. The standard features [...]
2012 Robinson Helicopter Overhaul Kit Pricing
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Rotorcorp has received price updates for Robinson R22 Beta, Beta II, R44 Astro, Raven I and Raven II field overhaul kits today! Still nothing on R66 Overhaul Kits- maybe next year. While the new pricing for parts arrived last week (check our site soon for updates) the overhaul kit prices have still not been posted to the [...]
Never a dull moment in ‘V Town’
January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Reblogged from Mel Elliott: I awoke this morning to the distant rotor of a helicopter and so on my way to work I followed a Robinson R44 chopper into the orchards surrounding Villiersdorp which happened to be spraying the blocks/orchards to combat certain insects- The pilots these days use GPS to tick off each orchard [...]
How Do You Heli? Bootcamp Lights Puts New Spin on Aerial Ads
December 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Bootcamp Lights R22 with 36′ X 8′ Lighted Billboard Look up in the night sky on your drive I-95 or I-695 around Baltimore and you might just catch a glimpse of a lighted billboard flying through the air. No, its not a scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind , it is Bootcamp Lights! Baltimore [...]
Inspection Tips for R44 C014-17 Pop-Out Floats
December 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Channel Islands Helicopters Tests R44 Pop-Out Floats The annual roll-out inspection or the 3 year pop inspection of the r44 floats used to be a major wrestling match… my arms and shoulders would be sore for a few days afterward, then I learned a few basics tricks! First is that a helicopter maintenance dolly is essential. Having [...]
2011 Robinson Helicopter Overhaul Kit Contents & Pricing
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Are A016-4 R22 Main Rotor Blades Still Airworthy?
December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
You bet they are- though there is a string of inspections required by Service Bulletin 103 and AD 2011-12-10. Many existing R22 helicopter owners are concerned about the introduction of a new all aluminum blade, the A016-6, with fancy round tips. The same style and construction techniques are used as in the R44 and R66 [...]
Robinson Builds 100th R66!
December 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Whoever is not following Robinson Helicopter Company on Twitter (@Robinson_Heli) probably should think about doing so. What RHC lacks in quantity of tweets, they definitely make up for in quality. In November the RHC tweeter leaked news of the company’s 10,000th helicopter- which Rotorcorp was happy to report to our followers. Now news of the [...]
