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| Duke C.
Posted on 01/26/2020 2:53:27 PM PST by Duke C.
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
4000 fpm is about what you’d get by jumping off a 4 story building. If you think it’s easily survivable, try it.
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:41:06 PM PST
by
motor_racer
(If you don't read the news, you are uninformed. If you read the news, you are misinformed.)
To: halfright
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:41:38 PM PST
by
1217Chic
To: catbertz
I think I saw that video too and it wasn't from today because the background is nothing but dirt and the photos I saw of the scene from further down in the canyon showed greenery on the hills. Maybe it was the one from (IIRC Afghanistan maybe) with that helo crash.
Stuff gets weird when everyone rushes to be the first to report something catastrophic like this.
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:42:07 PM PST
by
Maigrey
(Life, for a liberal, is one never-ending game of Calvinball. - Giotto)
To: Duke C.
I’m not getting anything from that link except a path along the ground. Click on what arrow again? I see no arrow.
To: loucon
Pretty much. Anything over that your insides turn to mush. Your body may stop but your insides keep on going tearing apart.
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:46:27 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: halfright
Los Angeles mayor called Bryant a “hero” and I tbought to myself “hero” to who?
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:46:59 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Vaquero
You need height for the blades to catch; like you need height for a ‘chute to full deploy.
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:47:51 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: BenLurkin
Yes, like the impeachment crap....Lying Schiff says that all that messy stuff like facts have been debunked. Debunked by WHOM?
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:49:00 PM PST
by
halfright
(Deplorable in Florida...ANYONE SEEN Hunter??)
To: SkyDancer
I’m sure. You may have a 50% chance of surviving but that says nothing about the quality of life that you’re left with.
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:49:16 PM PST
by
loucon
To: PROCON
Also need altitude to get the rotor up to sufficient speed to reduce rate of descent before contact with ground.
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:49:55 PM PST
by
Techster
To: loucon
Esp. with your insides all scrambled.
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:50:15 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: Duke C.
any experienced pilots want to tell us less than amateurs what happened over Glendale?
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:52:26 PM PST
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
There's a white hard to see triangle shaped arrow in the box below the terrain map.
Click it and a small helicopter icon will start moving along the flight path.
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:54:00 PM PST
by
Duke C.
To: SkyDancer
Sounds right, and I would think good viz of the ground to get set up. Pilot may have had several things going on all at once.
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:54:33 PM PST
by
doorgunner69
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
To: motor_racer
Yep, that is right. I once jumped off a 50-foot cliff (when I was younger and dumber) into deep water. It took a number of seconds to hit the water. Doing it in one second would be awful when hitting water. On hard ground? Forget about it.
To: 2banana
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:55:05 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: 2banana
Yep, especially for a rapist. Oh wait, that’s right, he’s innocent which is why he paid her off and apologized to her.
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:56:31 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
To: Vaquero
“Cannot a powerless helicopter autorotate down at relatively slow speeds?”
Kinda. You need height, the more the better. But then to autorotate you need to dip the nose down to keep the rotor spinning fast enough to maintain control for any kind of proper landing. That means a fairly rapid descent.
This all assumes there’s no issue with the tail(anti torque) and other necessary systems are operational.
To: God luvs America
Yeah, I wondered about that. Sight-seeing loops? Waiting for fog to clear?
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:57:27 PM PST
by
Duke C.
To: Vaquero
Lots of variables need to be in the pilot’s favor for it to be successful. It’s an option if mechanical components aren’t damaged and you have enough reaction time and altitude to attempt it. Still, no guarantees for success and you have only one chance to get it right.
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posted on
01/26/2020 3:57:27 PM PST
by
xander
(Textual correctness unlikely)
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