What Can You Say About this Corvette Towing a Helicopter?

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07-14-2014, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ohiovet

Saw this sticker on a nice 67 Corvette while I was on the Hot Rod Power Tour this year:

I appreciate the non-stock sentiment, but a '67 owner who can't spell Sting Ray???

(Oh, yeah, "not correctly restored" might lead to C3 Stingray emblems on a C2!)

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07-15-2014, 01:15 PM

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It's a Rotorway A600 Talon homebuilt; they send you the parts in four separate shipments, and they don't ship you the next set until an FAA inspector signs off on the workmanship through the previous set. Has a 147hp turbocharged horizontally-opposed 4-cylinder engine designed and built by Rotorway. They've been in business since 1961.

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07-20-2014, 09:40 PM

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...not seeing that chopper on Rotorway site...wonder if it is an older model or?

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07-21-2014, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ChopperLoco

...not seeing that chopper on Rotorway site...wonder if it is an older model or?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RotorWay_A600_Talon

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07-22-2014, 09:11 AM

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RotorWay A600 Talon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

No disrespect John,but these are not the same ones as the one on the trailer.

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07-22-2014, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ChopperLoco

No disrespect John,but these are not the same ones as the one on the trailer.

Might be the prototype for the T300 2-seat turbine they announced in 2009 to be sold as a finished helicopter; lousy photo, but the one on the trailer doesn't have their turbocharged 4-cylinder engine.

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07-22-2014, 10:18 PM

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No disrespect John,but these are not the same ones as the one on the trailer.

Appears to me to be a gas version of mosquito XE or similar.

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07-24-2014, 01:49 PM

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Appears to me to be a gas version of mosquito XE or similar.

Yup, you nailed it! That's definitely a Mosquito XE single-seater.

http://www.innovator.mosquito.net.nz/mbbs2/index.asp

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07-24-2014, 03:19 PM

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07-27-2014, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by 2Timer

I guess i would say
Looks like hes livin a good life!

Nothing wrong with towing. You name it. I've towed it. To save him a trip I towed my friends '65 TR4 800 miles to Denver since we were going there anyway. You will get strange looks because it is not something you see everyday.

They always want to see what the driver looks like when they pass to see if he belongs in the nuthouse.