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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 22, 2013 16:11:48 GMT 12
Nice work Colin, good to see you finished with a bang!
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Post by Brett on Apr 22, 2013 18:07:07 GMT 12
"OK guys, the GPS says we should be over Omaka. Let me know when you spot it"  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 22, 2013 18:57:10 GMT 12
I thought he was thinking, "Shit, I dropped my lunch money".  |
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Apr 22, 2013 19:39:07 GMT 12
Great work Colin, you caught so many things I never even saw so thank you for sharing :-)
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Apr 22, 2013 20:30:46 GMT 12
Yeah, well done Colin, and all contributors for that matter!
I thought the crewman aboard the A109 was verifying gear down and locked...?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 22, 2013 20:37:10 GMT 12
Yep, spoil the fun Johnny. |
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Post by TS on Apr 22, 2013 20:42:51 GMT 12
I thought he was thinking, "Shit, I dropped my lunch money". ;D ;D..... Or "are we there yet" Or...... " Shit it's a long way down" Who else can add a caption....... |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 22, 2013 20:50:41 GMT 12
"Errrrrgh, I shouldn't have gone to the Aero Club bar last night!"
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Post by Damon on Apr 22, 2013 21:47:32 GMT 12
Yep... Someone has stolen the skids again!
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Post by baz62 on Apr 22, 2013 22:32:25 GMT 12
No sir we aren't on the ground yet.
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Post by raymond on Apr 22, 2013 22:56:46 GMT 12
I wish they had purchased the Rad Alt option for these things....
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Post by Kereru on Apr 23, 2013 13:06:22 GMT 12
Thanks for compliments. The A109 crew member must have been confirming touch taxi and go as it did a wheeled landing and take off? Some sequence shots: Coming into land like an aeroplane. "Nearly down"  Taxing. "Confirmed"  Pic just after take off. "Airborne, time to close the door"  Cheers |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Apr 23, 2013 18:41:43 GMT 12
I can't get used to the sight of a helicopter taxiing along on wheels.
To me, its just wrong. Like a cat barking.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 23, 2013 18:45:01 GMT 12
I feel the same way, and I cannot help wondering if taxiing on the wheels all the time causes extra wear and stress to the wheel and oleo assemblies, rather than simply hovering into position and then touching down. I may of course be completely wrong, that happens often...
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Apr 23, 2013 18:52:49 GMT 12
LOL! I love the analogy :-)
When I used to live in Taupo during the heady deer-recovery days, choppers were a very common sight. My kid brother had been brought up on a wholesome, balanced diet of everything fixed and fling-wing. By the time he was about 3 years old he could tell the difference between a Hughes 500 and a Jet Ranger by the sound they made. Only, he got some terminology wrong: Skids were "scrapes", and as observed above, we all know that helicopters must have scrapes.
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Post by vansvilla on Apr 23, 2013 19:20:12 GMT 12
Just as an aside, the American Contingent based at South Camp in the Sinai used to do run on landings with the Iroquois --- on the tarmac, Scrapes may well be more accurate than you thought!
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Post by Andy Wright on Apr 24, 2013 10:25:18 GMT 12
Not having seen how they take off, would it reduce the strain on the engine caused by a 'completely' vertical lift off?
I've seen footage of fully loaded Apaches taking off 'on the run' in Afghanistan. Harriers and Sea Harriers, clearly capable of taking off vertically, were able to get airborne with a greater load using a runway/ski-jump, IIRC.
Fuzzy logic in my head based on snippets I've read/remembered so don't put too much faith in it ... plus I know little about helicopters!
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Post by scrooge on Apr 24, 2013 15:52:55 GMT 12
A rolling take-off allows more lift due to the rotor gaining airflow over the rotor disc from the forward motion of the helicoprter and therefore more load may be carried.
A helicopter pilot should be along soon to make this make more sense.
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Post by beagle on Apr 24, 2013 16:02:32 GMT 12
I can't get used to the sight of a helicopter taxiing along on wheels. To me, its just wrong. Like a cat barking. how many cats have you seen barking.... |
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Post by Ykato on Apr 24, 2013 16:44:14 GMT 12
A rolling take-off allows more lift due to the rotor gaining airflow over the rotor disc from the forward motion of the helicoprter and therefore more load may be carried. A helicopter pilot should be along soon to make this make more sense. or you can read this  www.dynamicflight.com/flight_maneuvers/running/ |
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