safari 400 specs

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Design authority: Safari Helicopter

Primary manufacturer: Safari Helicopter

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Aircraft status: Operational

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VTOL type: Helicopter

Lift devices: 1 Single main rotor

Dedicated control device: 1 Tail rotor

Crew required: 1 in Side-by-side arrangement

Landing gear: Skids

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Cruise Speed: 85 MPH

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New Safari - Safari 500

• Thread starter Sandstream
• Start date Aug 11, 2018
• Aug 11, 2018

I’’m happy (and somewhat surprised) to see that the new Safari 500 is in production. What do you think about it? My understanding is that the new 500 is a 400 with a new shell. I think it’s great looking. The engine is a Titan 370-series. Form what I’’ve read (mostly on Van’s Air Force community) this engine seems to be solid. Looking at the Safari 400 safety record it seems that the recent years accidents are related to the tail rotor area. Has this problem been throughly looked into and taken care of?  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A1P0TbVlA0  

Barney Bahle

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• Aug 14, 2018

I hate to say it but I don't think any of the helicopter guys frequent this site anymore. Wish I knew where they went. Personally I prefer the looks of the 400 over the 500. I suppose I'm Ol' fashioned that way. Doesn't really matter tho, they're both well above my price range.  

• Aug 18, 2018

Barney, I've wondered the same thing, guess there just were not that many by comparison, used to watch Brian's progress with great interest but he has stopped posting on his build. There have been a number of accidents as well but more then anything I suspect mean spirited and/or nonconstructive criticism has played the larger role as the real deterrent, people get gun shy. Hopefully not so but that's my guess. EDIT: I like the old school look as well :smile:, that is the style I am working on now.  

• Aug 25, 2018

Do you know if there is a owners group or builders forum for the Safari? Safari seems to be a popular kit, must be a lot of builders out there.  

I don't know of any current, even the Safari builders forum is silent, there are still a few older build logs that are interesting to look at. http://www.mykitlog.com/Rick  

Say what you will about Rotorway, at least there is an active owners forum. There may only be a handful of the group that's familiar with the Scorpion but when I have questions I can get answers. May not always like the answer but their honest and experience based, rather than the old "I heard somewhere" answers. Mine may not be hovering without the help of and what I learned thru reading ROG. It is a shame the Safari (Helicom, Baby Ball) crowd can't do the same. I would love to know more about them than "I hear the tail rotors like to fall off." Oh, and by the way, last time I talked to Brian he was having some trouble with his main gearbox. Been a while now and I don't know that he's been motivated enough to address the issue.  

I like the Rotorway, but like the openness of the Helicom (in my case)/Safari style, nice for preflight inspections and general nosing around looking for any issues. The nay-sayers I'm familiar with, for legitimate reason or not seem to have a personal grudge going on. They all have and/or had their problems including certified, none seem to step up and admit fault, who in the world could blame them for that when you think about it. I just don't believe any of them deliberately sell kits with known to be unsafe parts. Hate to hear that about Brians ship, goodness knows how hard he has worked to make it as perfect as possible.  

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Barney Bahle;n1136775 said: I hate to say it but I don't think any of the helicopter guys frequent this site anymore. Wish I knew where they went. Click to expand...

• Sep 16, 2018

Ken_Shea;n1137315 said: Hate to hear that about Bryans ship, goodness knows how hard he has worked to make it as perfect as possible. Click to expand...

• Sep 20, 2018

Glad to hear you're back at it Bryan. Hope you get it all sorted out. If all goes well my Scorpion will get it AW cert within the next month. Fingers crossed.  

• Sep 21, 2018

Ken_Shea;n1137315 said: I like the Rotorway, but like the openness of the Helicom (in my case)/Safari style, nice for preflight inspections and general nosing around looking for any issues. The nay-sayers I'm familiar with, for legitimate reason or not seem to have a personal grudge going on. They all have and/or had their problems including certified, none seem to step up and admit fault, who in the world could blame them for that when you think about it. I just don't believe any of them deliberately sell kits with known to be unsafe parts. Hate to hear that about Brians ship, goodness knows how hard he has worked to make it as perfect as possible. Click to expand...

I built a Helicom Commuter II in the early 70's, T/R drive shaft was a center-less ground shaft then, today they simply use a standard section of 4130 tubing, I have wondered if that may cause high frequency vibration. I have seen the pics with the lack of radius issue, should never had been an issue but at least it is now a corrected issue. They enlarged the radius on the main spindle as well. Yeah, the speed is not impressive at all. Your Rotorway does an easy 100mph doesn't it?  

Barney Bahle;n1138541 said: Glad to hear you're back at it Bryan. Hope you get it all sorted out. If all goes well my Scorpion will get it AW cert within the next month. Fingers crossed. Click to expand...

• Sep 22, 2018

I don't want to hijack the thread but thanks Bryan. So did the spindle issue go all the way back to the original Helicom or did it appear later? If it started with the titanium spindles when did they come into play?  

• Sep 23, 2018

Ken_Shea;n1138569 said: I built a Helicom Commuter II in the early 70's, T/R drive shaft was a center-less ground shaft then, today they simply use a standard section of 4130 tubing, I have wondered if that may cause high frequency vibration. I have seen the pics with the lack of radius issue, should never had been an issue but at least it is now a corrected issue. They enlarged the radius on the main spindle as well. Yeah, the speed is not impressive at all. Your Rotorway does an easy 100mph doesn't it? Click to expand...

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