New Mahindra Airplane

[mjw357]

Never had the desire to fly the Tomahawk. C-152 is a much better choice for training and puttering around, very stable.

 

[mwb]

The mower blades are variable pitch so after you finish mowing the grass landing strip, you can take off vertically. :thumbsup:

And the dual rear remotes are sweet!:thumbsup:

 

[V1Rotate]

If you're tired of waiting for the Mahindra truck to hit the US market, you might want to go ahead and put your order in for the Mahindra 5-person aircraft.

Mahindra's Five-Seat Aircraft To Launch Soon

Mahindra Aerospace said this week its new five-seat airplane, which would be India's first indigenous GA aircraft, is expected to fly for the first time next month. According to Indian news sources, the NM5-100 will sell for "20 percent less than a similar aircraft from Cessna." The company has been working for a several years in partnership with India's National Aerospace Laboratories to design the airplane, which is expected to meet FAR Part 23 standards. A larger version of the airplane also is in the works, which would seat 8 to 10. The company has said it plans to become India's first manufacturer serving the GA market, with four to six models for global distribution.



The NM5-100 is an all-metal aircraft, with a composite cowling and fairings. It is expected to be used for air taxi, light cargo and medevac, as well as training. Mahindra acquired a majority stake in Australia's Gippsland Aeronautics in 2010.

What would be the best kind of tires forn the landing gear, R1, R4 or turfs?

Maybe one of each?

 

[bindian]

Yep! I've been lucky!

Got my PPL in a PA 28-161 and a -181 at my local FBO back in '78 (I was 18). They got a Tomahawk in late '78 right after they came out. I just hadta get checked out in it. My instructor took me out and we did a bunch of spin recoveries (and a few other things) during the checkout. It was fun and I learned alot. Several weeks later, my instructor tells me "NO more spins in the Tomahawk!!!!".:ashamed:
It was something about structural probs..... Didn't fly that Tomahawk much after that.

Fast forward to '84 and I'm in the Army flying UH-60A Blackhawk helicopters fresh outta flight school..... They had lotsa probs early on. I have some "very vivid" memories etched in my brain, but survived and still fly -60's for a living.
Old, but not bold these days.......

Bascom,
The PA 28 series was a stout aircraft. I fell in love with sheetmetal rebuilding a PA 28-140. I fixed a ton of ADs on the Tomahawks our customer had in his flight school. I really didn't like them and told everyone so.

As I remember it, the Blackhawk was brand spanking new around 1984. Heliflight was considered by Uncle Sam to do some mods and we even had background checks done, when management decided to shut us down and transfered all our equipment and a couple of handfuls of us to work for Air Logistics in New Iberia.

I could tell you all kinds of stories about structures on helicopters! I truly loved rebuilding wrecked helicopters, but I am glad to have got on with the airlines when the oil boom/bust hit offshore helicopter outfits. I was tired of 7 on/7 off in New Iberia also!!!

I was the last to rebuild a Bell 206 LongRanger tailboom in Conroe for Heliflight and the first to rebuild them for Air Logistics in New Iberia. Attached is a Long Ranger tailboom jig still in Heliflight's colors. Notice the Air Logistics blue tailboom standing up in the corner, waiting for rebuilding.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Bascom]

Looks like a major repair on that tailboom by the number of clecos I'm seeing in the pic. Helos are definitely airframe repair intensive, especially the older ones .

Have flown by New Iberia many times on my way to or from Corpus Christi Army Depot. Lots of mods and repairs done there for DOD.

 

[Canada_CT230]

FYI, there was nothing wrong with the Piper Tomahawk design. The Piper engineers did thier jobs. It was the production line engineers that stripped parts and pieces to lower production costs. Ah, we don't need that stiffner there, or there, or there. See we save $5 in aluminum.

Then the vertical tails started bending over horizontally during spins or coming off. Bad rap, yup. Bad design, nope. Bad production control, yup.

 

[bindian]

Looks like a major repair on that tailboom by the number of clecos I'm seeing in the pic. Helos are definitely airframe repair intensive, especially the older ones .

Have flown by New Iberia many times on my way to or from Corpus Christi Army Depot. Lots of mods and repairs done there for DOD.

Unlike Bell 204, 205, and 212 tailbooms or even Sikorskys, you can not put a repair on a 206 Tailboom. One dent and it time to rebuild. I am reskinning (rebuilding) the tailboom in the photo.

hugs, Brandi

 

[milkman]

What would be the best kind of tires forn the landing gear, R1, R4 or turfs? Maybe one of each?

Those will be an option, recaps will come standard.:laughing: