Nick Beehoo is our latest customer to complete his type rating with us onto his own Rotorway Exec 162F G-NJBA.  Nick built his Rotorway in his business workshop so he was able to work on the build during quiet periods during his working day. 

As always there were not too many quiet periods and with other family commitments the build took longer than expected. On completion it was brought to us to build the main blades, add the avionics and carry out the painting.  Nick also owns a share in a Yak and is an accomplished aerobatic pilot but at the moment he is building hours in his Rotorway and thoroughly enjoying himself.

Back in early summer 08 Jonathan George completed his type rating onto his Rotorway Exec 162F G-JONG here with us at Southern Helicopters.  Jonathan took the unusual step of buying a nearly completed kit from a private builder in the U.S. it was soon clear to him that although the build standard was quite good many areas needed work so he stripped it back to its bare parts and rebuilt it as a new kit.  

THE ROTORWAY A600 TALON UP CLOSE.

Special Offer 1 December 2009

We have the last two Groups one and two for a  Rotorway 162F kits available from our stock that are compatible with the new A600 Talon kit.  So you can purchase the group 3 & 4 of the Talon kit and use with the group 1 & 2 of a 162.  Because we have the group 1 & 2 in stock we are offering this at a special price which will reduce the full price of a Talon kit from $99,700 to $82,700

So, what do you get for your money?  As the kit comes in 4 groups you get groups 1 and 2 from the 162F model.  In these you get the same airframe as a Talon but with the lower legs and tail rotor belt drive from the 162F model, the latter drive is now offered by Rotorway on the latest Talon as an option because of its simplicity and ease of maintenance.  Next comes group 3 and 4 from the latest Talon model so you get the A600 cog belt drive, electric water pump and electric clutch, leather seats and glass cockpit.  Because the Talon is an upgraded 162F all of these groups are compatible with each other.

Subject to Dollar fluctuations and manufacturers price increases, the prices are as follows.

The 162F groups 1 and 2 could also be of interest to anyone repairing or rebuilding a Rotorway after a roll over etc.

It should be noted that the Talon is not approved in the UK at the moment but we are building the first UK sample and expect CAA approval in the next few months.

The full Rotorway Talon kit is $99,700. At 1.6 Dollars to the Pound this is £62,312 plus shipping and VAT.   The Talon can also be bought in groups as follows;