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The
Proud & Happy
New Papa of a
KOMPRESS
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This Page was created in Alba Italy on
November the 16th, 1998
A side view of the new owner tweaking his New Kompress after taking delivery
earlier that day at the HeliSport new maintenance facility near Asti (the
same Asti as in the wine "Asti Spumonti) about an hour south east of their
original facility.
Just out side the cockpit on the right you C Josi Barbero looking
in at the gages, HeliSport's mechanical master mind.
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Above, a rather intense/ maticulasly checking of something on his new instrument
panel. Note near the pilot's right/cyclic hand a rather unique gray bar.
This is something Josi n Igi Barbero came up with that allows the back
seat IP (instructor pilot) to comofortably add his input to the cyclic
with out disturbing the student.
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The new pilot was naturally quite preoccupied the entire day, so when I
had a moment, I just congratulated him for his new toy and mentioned I
had met him 3 or so years back. However, now that I think of it, I did
forget to mention to him that I too was an CH-7 Owner/Driver which always
puts one in a separate class other than just being a curious/in the way
on looker at the air field.
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You may get the impression that I am quite impressed and happy with what
I saw that day in a little farm field near Asti Italy, you're RIGHT, I
Was/Am...... The Kompress is not inexpensive, you pay a lot, but you get
a LOT TOO..... Often, you don't pay much, you don't get much ether. If
you guys are thinking about a bargain basement/inexpensive 2 seat helicopter,
Dream On my Man, that's because they only exist in your dreams..... However,
if you do some investigation on the Kompress and buy what I am sure you
too will think to be the best, you are apt to find that one is seldome
dissappointed if one buy the best in the first place. After owning an CH-7
Angel for a few years/106 hours, I am quitte confident you too will agree
with me and end up haveing many many years of glorious/maintenance free
helicopter flight with your Kompress.
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Many of you know how more than a few hundreds pilots made a bad investment
and now have Hanger Queens, they are the lucky ones, 6 guys are dead because
they didn't keep their Queen on the ground....... Don't make the same mistake
and buy the second generation Hangar Queen, get a birds that has lots of
history. This bird's roots are 6 helicopters deep. The CH-7 stands for
Cicare's Helicopter # 7. The 2 Kompress proto types have over 1,ooo flight
hours of testing with over 3,ooo man hours of RnD done just to arrive at
the 1,ooo flight hours. All that is after manufacturing/selling over 13o
copies of the CH-7 Angel. Incidentally, if you have seen the first Angel
video I offered for sale, you may remember the white Angel in the video
(the portion with out sound)??? Anyway, this past Saturday, some 6 years
later I saw that exact white Angel fly again, what does this mean to you?
It means a hell of a lot to me since I own an Angel, there is lots of hours
in a HeliSport product.
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Any way, Don't expect to get all the work put it took to make the journey
from the CH-1 to the CH-7, than onto the Kompress for NOTHING. But remember
isn't your arse is worth it, after all, it is the only one you got. Would
you rather have a empty savings account, a good reliable helicopter/Kompress
and a smile on your face when you go for a whirl for years to come as I
have had with my CH-7 Angel? Or would you be happier with a few bucks in
the bank and a Hangar Queen in your garage/hangar. Remember, these guys
with the Queens are the lucky ones, there is 6 guys who's relatives wish
they were around to bitch about their Queens they paid the devil with their
life didn't they...................!
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Unlike the sound of the Angel, from this angle, the Kompress sounds are
just of the muffeled low tone of the exhaust and the traditional
fan sound of the TR as it changes pitch. Watching others fly my Angel,
from this angel Miss Nina has a hi pitch 2 cycle sound along with the fan
sounds of the TR. However there is a considerably notable addition of sounds
made from all the fast moving parts in the Angel's 582 power plant which
is not as prevalent in the Kompress. Perhaps one day when time permits
I will add 2 sound/.wav files to this page which will enable you to compare
the differences between. To me the Angel sounds worse this angle than any
other, it is OK, but the Kompress sounds (for a lack of a better word,
Real COOL from this angle.
Yes, the sound of one's helicopter really isn't that important, but
nonetheless, when the sound is music to one's rotor head ears, well, what
can I say..... None of us need to have beautiful wives either, but I feel
confident in saying we all shopped around for a good looking one didn't
we. So with this thought in mind, why not enjoy the sound along with the
sight of the helicopter of your dreams.
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