I've flown both supersonic aircraft and Robinson R-22s...and lots in between.
My (obviously biased) two cents -
Mach 2 at 35000 feet may be fast, but doing 150 knots at 50 feet is way faster!
Short answer....yes. As for the asymmetrical effect on the V-22's proprotors in particular, I don't know....The only time I've landed a V-22 on a deck was in the simulator (where it's modeled very well). Even with the asymmetric condition, it should be enough to handle with just some lateral cyclic....
Jump to postAirRyan, Your emphasis on recovering people in the water is misplaced - the Air Force CSAR community doesn't make its money in feet-wet rescues (during wartime, at least). Even if it did, however, the effects of the H-47's rotor downwash (when compared to that of other potential platforms) is neglig...
Jump to postMissed Approach - I've gotta say I personally prefer the drogue.....Trying to get gas off of a boom is awful hard in helicopters....*grin* <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/657173/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/6571...
Jump to postArmy Dudes, If any of you guys are in the know - Is this thing eventually going to get a mast-mounted sight or are they going to stick with the chin turret? Also, are they going to integrate any kind of "baby IHADSS" or just have one guy heads-up flying the aircraft and an observer working the gear?...
Jump to postGents - thanks for all of the info and replies...Frankly I was surprised anyone even opened this thread.
Sadly, no "company" helicopter this time - just a hired JetRanger. Regardless, it'll still be better than sitting in a queue of cars trying to get out of the lots when the racing is done.
Actually, this is sort of a moot point now....I decided to go by helicopter myself rather than having to drive and deal with the traffic. So, regardless, I'll be passing through the heliport at some point assuming the weather is <acronym title="CSA Czech Airlines">OK</acronym>. Thanks Tamsin for the...
Jump to postSpeaking of badlevel rejections... Screeners, when you look at a photo for badlevel, what is more important - a no kidding verticals-checked image, or a "perceived" level image? For example, In a lot of images I have when the true verticals (skyscrapers in background, etc) are checked and leveled us...
Jump to postPhotogs, This weekend my wife and I are taking a trip down south for this Saturday's race at Sussex Downs. We've never been before, and while my wife gawks at all the other fancy hats she wish she had (and which I'll probably end up buying), I'm going to try to get some shots of all the helicopters ...
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Thanks much. The new wording makes much more sense and I think is much less likely to be misinterpreted.
Cheers,
-Charlie
Aad, Thanks again....I think it has been my interpretation of how "Untitled" photos were supposed to be annotated that brought about the problems with badinfo. I went through last night and removed a slew of my photos from the queue (about an hour before they would have probably been screened) and t...
Jump to postAad, One last correction I must make. I have actually had one [somewhat cryptic] personal message from a screener regarding a "badinfo" rejection. In the case in question, I had uploaded a picture of a helicopter (Air Harrods S-76, G-HARH) that was owned and operated by a business (as the great majo...
Jump to postBirdwatching/Andrew/Aad, Thanks to the three of you for the prompt and insightful replies. I generally stay away from the forums here to distance myself from some of the flaming and bashing that goes on, and figured actually getting some meaningful feedback was a long shot at best. Having you guys r...
Jump to postAirWillie, I'll post the same idea here that I relay to all the aspiring military pilots that have asked similar questions recently. The question you should be asking is not "How do I become a military pilot?", but "How do I become an officer?"....."In what way can I best serve my country through mi...
Jump to postPhotographers/Screeners, I'm hesitant to post here, as I don't wish to be seen as a whiner, but lately I've noticed some "irregularities" regarding what necessitates a "badinfo" rejection. At the risk of being branded as one of those "Why did this photo get accepted and mine didn't?!?!" guys, I just...
Jump to postGood call Dc1030 guy...even from a tanker mafia dude....*grin* As one of the aforementioned "Rescue Guys" (sort of)......Take it from me that O'Grady is a world class ass-clown. Not only did he screw up by the numbers once he hit the deck, he never would have been there in the first place if he had ...
Jump to postI was actually in the very first class to go through full-up JSUPT at Moody after the T-6 came on line. As for the other bases, it really doesn't matter. (Moody was the place to be when I went through - everyone lived downtown instead of in dorms). The syllabus is the same at all of the bases - and ...
Jump to postToo low. Nowadays it seems like it's infinitely harder to wash out of UPT than to actually get a slot to go. The <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> doesn't like to wash folks out after they've all ready dropped the overhead on getting them into the program. With the late 90's pilot shortage an...
Jump to postCongrats... Always remember your reponsibilities are as officer first and a pilot second. It's easy to train a guy to be a pilot...much harder so to make a good officer. You can have the greatest flying skills in the world and they'll all be for naught if you're a dirtbag officer. Regardless, congra...
Jump to postFly2HMO, Here's the best advice I can give you - Get a copy of the Practical Test Standards (if you don't all ready have one) and learn it. By the FARs, the examiner can't ask you anything that isn't covered in it. Folks always try to find shortcuts and study guide gouge to try to found out the "sil...
Jump to postAll, Just wondering if anyone has had any first hand experience with photographing at the Heliport de Paris (Issy-Les-Moulineaux)? Have got a trip coming up this weekend and just wanted to make sure there's no obvious gotchas for shooting at that location. There's a bunch of photos that were taken t...
Jump to postPaul/Phil, Thanks for the input. Please find below an example that seems to illustrate my point. The photo below looks pretty good-to-go on my 1600 x 1200 screen. It's a hair oversharpened for my personal taste, but recently it seems like the screeners always prefer images that err to the sharp side...
Jump to postA.net photo gurus, Ever since I've been taking digital photos and posting them to this site, I've been using a monitor with 1600 x 1200 resolution. I run Photoshop <acronym title="Continental Micronesia (USA)">CS</acronym> on a Dell Inspiron 8100 in which 1600 x 1200 is the native screen format. For...
Jump to postSukhoi, Many thanks....that's exactly the info I was looking for....I will probably just head to Turweston (possibly the night before) shoot there in the morning, and then while the race is on make it around to some of the other fields. Like you said, I've heard traffic is terrible, so hopefully I c...
Jump to post*grin*....Well, the F1 cars don't impress me that much - those cars cost about a million dollars a pop, and I fly a 40 million dollar piece of hardware every day.....And for the girls, you should see the ones that hang around helicopter pilots.... <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.g...
Jump to postAll, I'm debating a trip this summer to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, not to watch the race, but for the photo opportunities that the massive amount of helicopter movements would provide. I was wondering if anyone had been to the event before and would know how accessible the heliport area ...
Jump to postTripleDelta, In a free turbine configuration, although the compressor (N1 or Ng) turbine is not directly linked to the power turbine (N2 or Nf) the turbine rotors are still directly adjacent to each other in their respective engine chamber. After the fuel air mixture is ignited in the combustion sec...
Jump to postHmmm....regarding my previous post.....I have no idea how that stuff about Portugal and Malaysia randomly sprung up in the first paragraph......Forum gremlins at work......weird....*grin*
Jump to postActually.....all of my flying in the Enstrom was civilian.....I got my helicopter rating before I starting flying for the military. All military helo training is initially done now in the <acronym title="<acronym title="Laramie - Regional (General Brees Field) (LAR / KLAR), USA - Wyoming">LAR</acron...
Jump to postBenjamin, Roger on that.....I've all ready got the vertiport lat/longs plugged into my handy turn-by-turn GPS, and should be able to get there no problemo......Hopefully they'll be some sexy corporate helos parked there that I can drool over and get some shots of.....I'll make sure to give ya a full...
Jump to postBenjamin, We're going to be heading through Dallas sometime around the 19th.....It all depends on when my movers come.....My fiancé and I are going to be heading to the east coast on our way to England, and we have to drop off her car in Dallas so it can get shipped to the UK. Speaking of happening ...
Jump to postGents, Thanks for the input......I've considered going to Bell, but like was all ready mentioned, access there might be a problem - if I'm not in uniform at least. I'm definitely planning on going to the vertiport, just for the sheer novelty of checking out a civilian public-use heliport, which ther...
Jump to postFolks, I'm planning on driving through the <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym> area next month to drop off a vehicle for an overseas move. I'll probably be there for 48 hours or so, and was wondering if anyone had any input on the best locatio...
Jump to postFolks, I'm planning on driving through the <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym> area next month to drop off a vehicle for an overseas move. I'll probably be there for 48 hours or so, and was wondering if anyone had any input on the best locatio...
Jump to postThanks for the hearty welcome, gents..... Starlion....Yep.....Paves are one of the biggest [western] helos you're going to see flying around....Although the Marine E-model is significantly larger, with our FLIR/radar setups in the nose, the Pave Low definitely looks more aggressive....but of course ...
Jump to postGents, Regarding the original question posed: "Are there any other advantages / disadvantages of this system in autorotation?" I don't have any stick time in a contra-rotating aircraft, but there are a couple of notable differences in the coaxial (Kamov) type system during autorotation that I'm awar...
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