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HeliComparator
29th Nov 2011, 14:54
Strong wind today - got 225 kts groundspeed in the EC225.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p54/helicomparator/225.jpg
Sorry about blurry photo - it was not that rough, just shook the camera at the wrong moment and by the time I took the next one it was 224 kts which spoilt the effect.
Maybe someone should post an S92 doing 92 kts (they do go that fast, don't they?), 61kts in an S61 etc. The interesting one would be 332kts in an AS332L...
HC
Savoia
29th Nov 2011, 15:03
Excellent! :ok:
Outwest
29th Nov 2011, 15:31
Actually had 200 kts in a 61 once in the Canadian arctic......unfortunately also had 30 kts on the return ;)
OvertHawk
29th Nov 2011, 16:02
surprised you got as much as 30kts on the way back :E
Paddyviking
29th Nov 2011, 16:07
Recently had 215kts gs in a 92
at FL90 with 65kts tailwind :ok:
Pv
OvertHawk
29th Nov 2011, 16:09
Used to have an ongoing competition of who could get a photo of the highest G/S with a pal of mine who flew the same type for a different company.
He became very frustrated that i always managed to post one 5 kts higher than anything he managed.
It was ages before he realised that i had taken a series of photographs in the sim one year with increasingly large "tail-winds". It was a good game while it lasted. ;)
SASless
29th Nov 2011, 16:38
332 Knots in a 332.....er...ah...no thank you! Only way that would happen is sans blades probably!
The Bell 47 was probably well named....as that was about the average GS it could maintain.
Paddyviking
29th Nov 2011, 16:44
I was speaking one day to a SAR captain about flying the Seaking in his previous job
He told me of a callout one evening in a storm (west coast Norway)
and headwind was in the region of 100kts
They had to turn back as they travelling so slow they calculated that they would run out of fuel before they got to their destination :eek:
pv
I'm flying AS565......No way! You won:D
DauphinDude
29th Nov 2011, 17:26
IŽll see if I can get 155 in the 155 then :P
Decredenza
29th Nov 2011, 17:28
http://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo293/snippet58/P1020023.jpg
What the..?
http://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo293/snippet58/P1020024.jpg
Got caught in a lee side wind that slowed us down to less than 30 mph ground speed. We decided we weren't going anywhere so we turned around and by the time I got the camera out we were already slowing down from a top speed of 250 mph (not knots) in the 350 BA. Amazingly smooth ride though for a estimated 90-120 mph (foehn?) wind.
That is close to 350 for a 350 (km/h).
Foehn wind - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind)
Fareastdriver
29th Nov 2011, 17:40
You can get an IAS of 225 on a Chinese 332L1.
Floppy Link
29th Nov 2011, 19:11
We get 135 in a 135 every day
47 in a B47 sounds about right! :E
roundwego
29th Nov 2011, 20:18
HC
Was your AVCS not working? I thought these 225s were supposed to be very smooth.
902Jon
29th Nov 2011, 21:08
245kts in a 365 (October 1987 anyone remember?)
45kts on the way back - ouch
I also remember someone (presently with "sand in me crack") 200Kts ias :=
;)
Impress to inflate
30th Nov 2011, 09:01
Got 212 knts in a 332L a few years ago west of Shetland !
HeliComparator
30th Nov 2011, 09:16
HC
Was your AVCS not working? I thought these 225s were supposed to be very smooth.
They are, but as I said in the original post, I shook the camera (due to turbulence) at the wrong moment and missed the opportunity.
Jet Ranger
30th Nov 2011, 09:17
I got 206 kmh in 206, yesterday:{:E
Colibri49
30th Nov 2011, 09:37
I've had over 225 offshore-supplied meals in an EC225 and expect soon to break the 225 pound barrier on the bathroom scales.
SASless
30th Nov 2011, 12:09
HC....are we not becoming too rigidly glued to procedure here?
A slight nudge on the cyclic...or in your case a bit of push on a button lowering the nose a tad....and you would have been back at that magic number!
THINK Laddie! Walk on the wild side now and then! What's a hundred feet in altitude for a sublime pleasure?
Fareastdriver
30th Nov 2011, 15:42
Nothing wrong with the old VNE dive to get 200 Kts G/S approaching the rig.
SASless
30th Nov 2011, 15:44
Ah...but then there are those who cling to Vmrc!
V max revenue cruise!
HeliComparator
30th Nov 2011, 15:53
HC....are we not becoming too rigidly glued to procedure here?
A slight nudge on the cyclic...or in your case a bit of push on a button lowering the nose a tad....and you would have been back at that magic number!
THINK Laddie! Walk on the wild side now and then! What's a hundred feet in altitude for a sublime pleasure?
Yes but that would involve MANUAL FLYING - far too scary to contemplate!
http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/antt10/161kts.jpg?t=1322705015
This was yesterday afternoon, heading back from Sealion Island to Mt Pleasant in the Falklands - 161 kts in an S61 (I know, it's not exactly 61 in a 61, but 161 seemed in keeping with the thread........)
At the other end of the scale, I remember many years ago being vectored for an ILS to 17 at Aberdeen (yes, it was 17 in those days....) getting on the localizer at 25 miles and into a 60kt headwind, making 50 kts g/s, we were on the ILS for half an hour