Guimbal Cabri G2

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Guimbal Cabri G2

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Anyone have any time working on and flying these things? I have a customer looking at buying his son a machine and this came up as a possibility. I have zero experience other than it’s 0360 engine. Any input on performance, reliability and service limits etc would be appreciated. Might be going to fly one in Arizona soon looks like.
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Re: Guimbal Cabri G2

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The guy to talk to would be Misha Gelb at BC helicopters in Abbotsford, as he runs a small fleet for instructing including two of these. He also posts a lot of YouTube as pilotyellow including some reviews of the machines be flies so that may be useful. His general consensus is that they are a better alternative to an R22 due to not having many life limited parts, and having a fully articulated three blade rotor and fenestrom tail which he thinks is safer than the teetering rotor systems.
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Re: Guimbal Cabri G2

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Posthumane wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:11 am The guy to talk to would be Misha Gelb at BC helicopters in Abbotsford, as he runs a small fleet for instructing including two of these. He also posts a lot of YouTube as pilotyellow including some reviews of the machines be flies so that may be useful. His general consensus is that they are a better alternative to an R22 due to not having many life limited parts, and having a fully articulated three blade rotor and fenestrom tail which he thinks is safer than the teetering rotor systems.
That’s awesome, I heard rumour of better times on these things but have nothing to refer to yet. Agree with everything you’re saying about the heads.
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Re: Guimbal Cabri G2

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Posthumane wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:11 am The guy to talk to would be Misha Gelb at BC helicopters in Abbotsford, as he runs a small fleet for instructing including two of these. He also posts a lot of YouTube as pilotyellow including some reviews of the machines be flies so that may be useful. His general consensus is that they are a better alternative to an R22 due to not having many life limited parts, and having a fully articulated three blade rotor and fenestrom tail which he thinks is safer than the teetering rotor systems.
Interesting machine for sure, I think synergy aviation have one or two. There’s not many in Canada I bet less than five or ten.
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Posthumane wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:11 am The guy to talk to would be Misha Gelb at BC helicopters in Abbotsford, as he runs a small fleet for instructing including two of these. He also posts a lot of YouTube as pilotyellow including some reviews of the machines be flies so that may be useful. His general consensus is that they are a better alternative to an R22 due to not having many life limited parts, and having a fully articulated three blade rotor and fenestrom tail which he thinks is safer than the teetering rotor systems.
There’s 9 in Canada and synergy has 4 wow!

https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ ... hSimp.aspx

I wonder what they cost?
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Re: Guimbal Cabri G2

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Bug_Stomper_01 wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:54 pm
I wonder what they cost?
$400 Large USD...
https://www.controller.com/listings/for ... l/aircraft
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Re: Guimbal Cabri G2

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Bug_Stomper_01 wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:48 pm :|
Posthumane wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:11 am The guy to talk to would be Misha Gelb at BC helicopters in Abbotsford, as he runs a small fleet for instructing including two of these. He also posts a lot of YouTube as pilotyellow including some reviews of the machines be flies so that may be useful. His general consensus is that they are a better alternative to an R22 due to not having many life limited parts, and having a fully articulated three blade rotor and fenestrom tail which he thinks is safer than the teetering rotor systems.
Interesting machine for sure, I think synergy aviation have one or two. There’s not many in Canada I bet less than five or ten.

I just heard they lost one in a lake in Quebec not long ago ☹️
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