Is the Robinson R22 helicopter dangerous?

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@jonathansmith7400 6 ай бұрын

Flying is dangerous. Walking through your house is dangerous. You could even roll off your sofa. I passed my pilots licence in 2010 in the R22 Robinson helicopters are well designed and fly well. They are fitted with engines with more power than necessary to reduce the risk of engine failures. Like anything else if you look after them and don't do anything silly they are as safe as any other aircraft. Most of the accidents are due to human error rather than the machine itself. The training for pilots focuses on how to avoid the classic problems as well as how to identify and recover. I attended the Robinson safety course where they analyse past problems and go through the pilots manual in depth. But you must always remember that flying is inherently dangerous.

@aa777888 3 ай бұрын

I am a Robinson pilot and owner. You are absolutely correct: the most dangerous component of any aircraft is the nut behind the controls. You did a great job of capturing the demographic issues that contribute to the accident rate. You fail to explore the fact that there are more Robinson helicopters built and flying than any other civil type, and that therefore their are a very large number of Robinson flight hours being logged per year compared to other types. That also contributes greatly to the number of accidents. You only presented raw accident numbers, not accident rates, and that is very misleading. You also fail to address the demographic roots of the "Robbie hate" that exists in the industry. Most of that comes from retired military helicopter pilots who have never spent a single minute in a piston powered helicopter. Nearly all helicopter pilots coming up a civilian training track have learned in, and later worked in, Robinson products for the first couple of hundred hours before they get a chance to fly larger, heavier, turbine powered helicopters.

@lookingforwookiecopilot 8 ай бұрын

Yes, it is. ,...but I still love flying the little guy. 😎

@Ozbird-72 3 ай бұрын

R22s are safe machines if handled within its limit

@jacobbesele8713 3 ай бұрын

I like Robinson but I have afraid of it because is like is ha is have many eccidants

@joaquinfabrega 2 ай бұрын

My chopper training was in a R-22, then I transitioned to other helicopters, no matter the brand and model always practice emergencies, be proficient and confortable doing auto rotations.

@philipmartin708 16 күн бұрын

If they were fitted with a three or four bladed rotor system, they'd be much safer. No more mast bumping or rotor blades hitting the tail boom.

@storytimedavidcollins2897 2 ай бұрын

Some say there are no old / very experienced bold pilots, because they learned from their mistakes or died. Don’t get me wrong I have always wanted to be a pilot and especially a helicopter 🚁 pilot. It’s all about the lack of money.

@m00t 7 ай бұрын

Instead of looking at total crashes you should look at crashes as a pct of total airframes and crashes per flight hour. That will tell you a lot more about the comparative safety.

@jacobbesele8713 2 ай бұрын

Even R66 is very powerful but I don't believe on it. But I like Robinson shape.is very smart