Well I finally did this at our club picnic.
13 flights burning 5 gal of fuel in just a few hours. That was 118 minutes on the turbines clock.
I did not count how many different people got there first turbine flight, but I am guessing it was close to 20. There was even one heli pilot that never flew an airplane before.
Everything work perfectly without any issues at all. The only complaint was when I had stop to recharge batteries after every 3rd flight. I also needed the rest, it got to be a bit draining mentally having to be ready for anything and not a lot of time to deal with that anything.
I gave the "students" only Aileron, elevator, and rudder, the lesser pilots were limited to 1/2 throttle and low rates, and some of the better pilots were given up to 3/4 throttle and some even got to play with high rates. Most were amazed at the "extreme high speed" (yes an R54 at half throttle) that the plane flew at. I had the system set up in mix mode, this allows the instructor to help the student out with out actually taking full control. Most were not using enough elevator in the turns and the nose was dropping, so I could just help lift it a little as required. The student never knows that you helped unless you tell them.
Yes we will need a bigger shelter for some of the heads ........
Time will tell if I get put on anymore hit lists. Building and buying season is getting close for us up north.
Last edited by flyinfool1; 09-30-2013 at 09:35 AM.