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Author Topic: Helicopters!  (Read 69412 times)

bob48

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Reply #120 on: February 15, 2020, 06:14:50 AM

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Reply #121 on: February 27, 2020, 06:16:45 PM

Being able to Google shit better than your clients is a legit career skill.


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Reply #122 on: March 05, 2020, 05:00:38 AM

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Reply #123 on: March 05, 2020, 11:04:02 AM
Looks good, sounds good on paper. Why am I skeptical?  ???

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Reply #124 on: March 05, 2020, 11:18:02 AM
So what happened to the Comanche?

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Reply #125 on: March 05, 2020, 11:18:31 AM
As long as it doesn't have the same flight control setup/software as the Boeing 737MAX it should be fine.

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Reply #126 on: April 30, 2020, 04:17:07 PM

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Reply #127 on: May 21, 2020, 07:08:40 AM

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Reply #128 on: May 21, 2020, 07:10:45 AM
That was a bit close!

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Reply #129 on: May 21, 2020, 11:07:37 AM
The, 'Close Pass' for when you want to see what people in the boat are eating for lunch.  And , makes sure they're awake now.  :hehe:

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Reply #130 on: June 07, 2020, 02:30:55 PM

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Reply #131 on: June 07, 2020, 03:41:50 PM
Interesting - it make you think about how dangerous it is.

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Reply #132 on: June 08, 2020, 08:34:58 AM
And stupid.

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Reply #133 on: June 08, 2020, 08:40:48 PM
not strictly a Helicopter its an Autogyro,  The Focke Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze (Wagtail) was designed to be towed behind a U-Boat to give a longer visual range but was not used operationally for long as the main  problem was finding pilots willing to fly them, the aircraft itself was not dangerous it was the way they were operated that caused the problems. the wagtail was towed on a cable behind the U-Boat and the pilot could talk to the U-Boat using a phone connected through the towing cable. again not inherently dangerous but when the pilot spotted an allied aircraft and reported it to the captain the first thing the crew did was to cut the cable and dive the submarine the pilot of the Wagtail would auto rotate down to the sea surface finding himself floating about almost exactly at the point the Allied aircraft would be dropping its load of depth charges, if this didnt kill him outright the submarine would now be submerged and making speed away from his position leaving him to drown. so not a lot of incentive to fly one really https://uboat.net/technical/bachstelze.htm
   

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Reply #134 on: June 08, 2020, 08:57:41 PM
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A Royal Navy Lynx inspects a Kresta II.




When I was in Northern Ireland during the troubles my Sergeant was having a "Jolly" in a Lynx around Belfast. whilst they were up they got tasked to inspect a possible  bomb that the IRA and left for the Army. Since he was involved in Aerial reconnaissance and the Chopper had the Camera equipment on board they flew over to the location to snap a few Photos. as they flew over the location the bomb went from being a Possible to a definite Bomb, how did they know I hear you ask, well the Bomb exploded as they passed directly over the bomb, the shockwave flipped the Lynx completely over, luckily the pilot was able to recover the aircraft as the lynx was the only helicopter at the time that was able to fly inverted due to the revolutionary design of the rotor head. once the aircraft was able to land back at base the sergeant  was seen disappearing back to his quarters to change his Underwear

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