Enstrom Helicopter F280FX So California Flight Tour Hemet

This is a 10 minute flight in a Enstrom F280FX 225HP turbocharged engine. Speeds of 122MPH, useful load of 1030lbs, gross 2600lbs, HIGE 13,600', 3.5 hour endurance, 58" wide 3 person cabin. Pilot Bob and Cameron (CFI) Bay Helicoptours of San Carlos and Hemet. (LA & SF) Cameron is a great flight instructor and the 280FX a great trainer helicopter as well as a stable and easy to fly platform. Our trip is over a couple of warm, clear and windy days out of Hemet and French Valley airport. The Enstrom is a 3 bladed rotor system and is one of the safest helicopters to fly. The are still in production today and produce about 30 to 40 piston and turbine helicopters a year.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• enstrom
• helicopter
• r22
• r44
• md500
• md600
• robinson
• astar
• bell
• hughes

[chris01659]

saw this thing fly over me...i waved

[y217]

where were you?

[sdrfgvrfgvsfravgdsvS]

a toy helicopter

[y217]

A toy with an expensive price tag. This is the most powerfull non turbine helicopter in production today. Way heavier and more powerfull than an R22, not as fast as an R44 but better rate of climb and payload. This helicopter is perfect for hot, high and heavy uses.

[sdrfgvrfgvsfravgdsvS]

is a rotorway?

is a car motor?

[y217]

No...es un Lycoming aeroplane motor.

Rotorway?  No way! Enstrom! A real helicopter...

[DanBell47]

Nice Bird. HMT is only 11 Nmi north of F70.

[sterpstra]

No kudos to the videographer thank you.. You're lucky I was holding up the instruction board so you knew what to do..

[larrythomjr]

wow i wasnt expecting to hear a starter

[chris01659]

hemet by walmart and hemet ryan

[sealyon1]

sdrfgvfgvfravgdsvS...you must fly kit airplanes or RC airplanes as Enstroms and other full sized helicopters are hardly toys. They are complex flying machines that must be mastered in order to fly. It is not a car motor or rotorway. Enstroms are the finest and most powerfull turbocharged helicopter in production in the world today. Only a small percentage of pilots ever try to fly helicopters because of the expense and difficulty. Toys are for children and these are hardly toys.