912s Aurora Butterfly. Leaves the ground in 3 - 5 seconds. 20 gallons of fuel.

[Greg Mitchell]

We have a 582 All Terrain G Force Landing Gear (ATGFLG) Monarch with Metro Launch System (MLS) Pre-rotator going out to a young bloke on a cattle station to evaluate suitablility to mustering.

[Brian]

I will be eagerly waiting for a report Mitch. Cant see why it wont be a winner but working conditions will be a good test.

[birdy]

912??Now we"re talkn. Nearly up there with the ferel now Mitch.

[Greg Mitchell]

912??Now we"re talkn. Nearly up there with the ferel now Mitch. Yeah but not quite as pretty as the feral Yes Brian, testing in the work environment is the final litmus indicator.... ;D

[Brian]

912??Now we"re talkn. Nearly up there with the ferel now Mitch. Yeah but not quite as pretty as the feral Yes Brian, testing in the work environment is the final litmus indicator.... ;D So true Mitch and I reckon it will pass with flying co lours !!

[Mark Horan]

Lucky it is a 912,climb out at 1000 ft per minute, but it looks to me like the climb out is on the prop? I can get really good climb out of my old dinger with the nose up and full noise, but I always get nervous when I get that sensation of something pushing me from behind!I prefer to fly out on the rotors and sacrifice a faster climb, I"d prefer to have rotor speed and a bit of margin just in case the noise stops.Having said that, The butterfly takes off like something on a carrier deck. Very impressive.Mark.