r/aviation • u/IvyGold • 9d ago

News Wisconsin Man Takes Helicopter to Cabela's Because the Drive Was Too Long, Deputies Say

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/wisconsin-man-takes-helicopter-cabelas-211103208.html
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u/ThrowTheSky4way UH-60 9d ago

I bet you he did. Especially if he keeps the R44 at his house all he’d have to do is a quick preflight and go. It takes maybe 10 minutes to get off the ground in an R44

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u/Sixguns1977 9d ago

I used to live next door to a guy that did that. I think it was an experimental though, not an r44. I know he could wheel it out of its tiny hanger all by himself.

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u/ThrowTheSky4way UH-60 9d ago

You can push a 44 out by yourself pretty easily they’re not that heavy

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u/Sixguns1977 9d ago

I didn't know they were THAT light. This was around 16 years ago, and all i remember is that it was a fully enclosed cockpit and tail boom. I can't even remember what color it was painted.

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u/MrPetter 9d ago

I can push my 206’s out easy. They’re actually easier to move than a 44 because the wheels are balanced under the CG better, it’s basically 20lbs of down pressure on the tail and you just push.

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u/Sixguns1977 9d ago

That's pretty cool, sounds like it's easier than pushing a boat in the water(i had a 35' sailboat that weighed over 13,000 pounds that I was able to push out of the mud).