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Flying at the Cosford airshow, the only flying example left and it brought back memories!
Bristol Sycamore
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Flying at the Cosford airshow, the only flying example left and it brought back memories!
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I only saw it was coming in to Weston about 10 minutes after it arrived - damn 
I'm not sure how difficult it would have been to fly compared with others of its day, given how early it stands in the history of helicopters brought into production. A lot of early helicopters suffered major problems with wooden blades, especially in warm, damp climates, but at the time that was the height of technology. How things have changed! I think the length of the tail boom made it 'handle with care' too and certainly in comparison with helicopters of today it just doesn't 'look' right. Short cabin, long main rotor blades, long tail boom and a high mounted tail rotor - it's obvious it had some serious centre of gravity problems. But when you look at some of the other offerings of the time........ it was early days and helicopter design was still shaking down into a basic design that worked, much as fixed wing aircraft did.
I'm not sure how difficult it would have been to fly compared with others of its day, given how early it stands in the history of helicopters brought into production. A lot of early helicopters suffered major problems with wooden blades, especially in warm, damp climates, but at the time that was the height of technology. How things have changed! I think the length of the tail boom made it 'handle with care' too and certainly in comparison with helicopters of today it just doesn't 'look' right. Short cabin, long main rotor blades, long tail boom and a high mounted tail rotor - it's obvious it had some serious centre of gravity problems. But when you look at some of the other offerings of the time........ it was early days and helicopter design was still shaking down into a basic design that worked, much as fixed wing aircraft did.
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Just caught up with this thread.
Brought back memories of my time way back when I was in the Air Cadets. We had a week camp in Kent and we got a visit from the vert last RAF Sycamore in service and was luck to get a 20 minute flight in it. Noisy, shaking like mad and looking well worn - it was brilliant!
Brought back memories of my time way back when I was in the Air Cadets. We had a week camp in Kent and we got a visit from the vert last RAF Sycamore in service and was luck to get a 20 minute flight in it. Noisy, shaking like mad and looking well worn - it was brilliant!
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This aircraft was the absolute highlight of this years season for me. I had no idea there were any flying, let alone that I would be lucky enough to see one.
Great shots.
Great shots.