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Need Helo. pilot input!
self | 11 March 2002 | buzzcat

Posted on 03/11/2002 4:46:15 PM PST by buzzcat

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To: AzJP
"Fixed wings are for those pilots who can't do more than one thing at a time. "

you mean, like "fly"...

21 posted on 03/11/2002 5:57:46 PM PST by hoot2
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To: buzzcat
"And why in the world does an Aggie have the flag of the Heart of Dixie flying on his intro window?"


bama, heart of dixie...n dega... Audio

22 posted on 03/11/2002 6:07:43 PM PST by hoot2
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To: buzzcat
The short answer. It depends. The UH-1H is single engine. If you lose it during cruise flight, you have to autorotate to survive. The CH-47 has two engines and dual engine failures are rare. Even with a single engine failure, you could have serious problems, depending on your gross weight, airspeed, attitude and altitude. I have autorotated Hueys to the ground on numerous occasions at varying airspeeds and altitudes. They are generally forgiving as long as you have adequate airspeed and you maintain a steady autorotative state (rotor RPM in the green, a/c in trim and an adequate airspeed (68-93 KIAS) as I recall. The tricky part is near the bottom when you have to determine when to decel and hoping your landing area is as good as it looked at altitude as it does at 50 feet AGL. Keeping the aircraft aligned and the aircraft steady on the skids will keep you from doing an ass over tekettle routine on the ground.

I have no flight experience with the CH-47 but have sat in the jumpseat on many occasions, to include practice autorotations. They felt more like a steep power on approach to me, but I'm sure it's a completely different feeling behind the controls. I can tell you that the AH-64A Apache drops like a rock in an autorotative descent. Apache crews practice single engine failures at an out of ground effect (OGE) hover extensivley because that is the flight profile they are in the most(during battle position opns). It's a tricky airspeed over altitude manuever that requires a cool head and some finesse at the controls to complete the manuever within standards. It's a real hoot to do under the Night Vision System.

23 posted on 03/11/2002 6:10:58 PM PST by TADSLOS
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To: AzJP
"Now a Stearman, that's fun................ "

heard it was too; til it was time to land...
you got a periscope or video camera on that beast?
how do you see the runway? or you got a BIG field???

24 posted on 03/11/2002 6:12:42 PM PST by hoot2
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To: AzJP
If you can't hover, you're queer.

HMM-165, 1980, 1981

25 posted on 03/11/2002 6:13:15 PM PST by RaceBannon
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To: RaceBannon
"If you can't hover, you're queer"

very puzzling....tinker bell hovers; n she's a fairy????

26 posted on 03/11/2002 6:16:47 PM PST by hoot2
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To: T-Bird45
There is also 2 spellings for "pilot"

pilot and pile it

I know how to spell both since I left my Saratoga in a pile in Mexico.

27 posted on 03/11/2002 6:59:53 PM PST by dalereed
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To: dalereed
First rule on autorotations= practice in a rented machine.
28 posted on 03/11/2002 7:14:56 PM PST by Lower55
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To: buzzcat
Being a former aircraft mechanic in the military, I always considered helicopters as a bunch of nuts and bolts flying in close formation.
29 posted on 03/12/2002 8:37:04 AM PST by Piquaboy
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