Jason and Mark go on an expedition to look at a very sophisticated machine that will drill thousands of tiny precision holes in fabricated sheet metal components - you can follow along as the meeting, consultation and demonstration unfold.

EPISODE 16: Manufacturing components for the GT50 engine

Hill enter a new stage in production of the HX50 where their CMM testing facility is being set up to test components they are manufacturing as part of their vertical integration strategy. All this is demonstrated in detail by Jason Hill.

Find out what CMM machines do and why they are called the eyes and ears of engineering.

Episode 15: New CMM installed at Hill Headquarters

Becoming an organisation that’s able to produce really highly technological parts is a massive journey in its own right, quite apart from designing and developing the revolutionary HX50 helicopter. Hill is approaching both with aplomb. 

Watch titanium being turned on a lathe and magically transformed into the blade forms that go into the GT50 engine.

High performance engine demands challenging high grade materials

Episode 14: High performance engine demands high grade materials

Enthusiasts of the HX50 naturally want to know if it will be possible to buy and register the aircraft outside the UK, where it is being developed and built.

Buying and Registering the HX50 outside the UK

All aircraft are defined by the engine you use to power them, and this is no less true in a light helicopter. For Hill the search for the perfect engine led to them building their own.

The reasons for building our own turbine engine

The fascinating journey of the various phases of testing the HX50, leading up to the launch of the first prototypes that will eventually be sent off on missions around the world, involving many thousands of hours of flight testing, is described in full by Jason Hill.

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EPISODE 16: Manufacturing components for the GT50 engine

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Episode 14: High performance engine demands high grade materials

Buying and Registering the HX50 outside the UK

The reasons for building our own turbine engine

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EPISODE 16: Manufacturing components for the GT50 engine

Episode 15: New CMM installed at Hill Headquarters

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