Accessories, Add Ons & Mods
This is the stuff no one tells you about.
To
date there isn't anything onboard our ship
we're
not glad we did with the exception of the unplanned dollars and time
we had to spend on them.
95% of the items here are a must have and you really don't have a choice.
There
are a few items here you don't need and can easily get by without,
depending on which items you install and of course your budget. You
may be able to come up with a better or cheaper way but one way or
another your going to end up needing most of them. A good example of
this is the Infinity cyclic grips. You can get by with the factory
Rotorway stock grips but why would you want to lol. Even after
upgrading to them we found we still need one more switch on the grip
to keep our hands on the cyclic instead of having to let go of
something in order to turn something on or off. To help with that, we
plan on adding friction controls one day, but until we do the grips
are one option were very happy we went with.
There
are a few things we plan on adding in the future that we came across
since the initial building of the ship like, a
light/warning
system for the ballast weight along with temp sensors for all the
main bearings in the ship like Mark Wolf did on his ship. We also
need to add a 12 Vdc power jack to run a 2nd GPS unit that we have
that will show the roads below us.
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Every
optional item in Yellow
isn't an option and you must have it A Com Radio, Transponder, and Encoder are required to fly in Class, A,B, and C airspace. Class A you don't have to worry about because if your up that high in your Rotorway your most likely on the way to heaven. You can get by in Class D airspace without the Transponder and Encoder but you must have a Com unit.
You
can get buy without an ELT Transmitter if you never crash and Nav
lights as long as someone doesn't hit you. Dusk is the worst
time to fly and within your first 10 hours of forward flight you can
bet you will be red lining right up until the sun goes down if not longer. Common Sense Says
No
one
should be in the air without a Com Radio Oh Yeah! It's Kinda hard to fly a helicopter and do sign language so your going to most likely need some sort of an intercom so you can chat with your fly buddy. This feature is included with alot of different models of Com units so you may be able to save a few bucks with that. The Downside to going that way is the units that come with that option usually have issues of very poor sound quality. |
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