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Forum: Rotorheads
20th Mar 2024, 11:11
Replies: 20
Views: 4,022
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

Heh. When I first saw the 505 with its steel...

Heh. When I first saw the 505 with its steel tube frame covered by sheet metal, I thought to myself how similar it was to things that Bell had built before. Like the 47J. I laughed and thought,...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Mar 2024, 22:17
Replies: 1,304
Views: 596,684
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

The beauty...genius, really...of the original 206...

The beauty...genius, really...of the original 206 was that the designers thought to put the transmission over the back seat, *and* tilt the mast forward - two things that the designers at Hiller did...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Feb 2024, 13:50
Replies: 148
Views: 26,673
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

The EC130 flight was a charter. And I'm sure that...

The EC130 flight was a charter. And I'm sure that the operator had night VFR weather minimums in their Ops Specs. But there's a problem. It's the same problem that Kobe Bryant's pilot found himself...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Feb 2024, 22:43
Replies: 148
Views: 26,673
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

A radar altimeter need not be an analog gauge as...

A radar altimeter need not be an analog gauge as we're used to. It can be a digital readout. A company called FreeFlight Systems markets one called the Tri-40.
FreeFlight TRI-40 | SEAEROSPACE.COM...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Feb 2024, 12:35
Replies: 148
Views: 26,673
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

It will come out in the NTSB report, of course,...

It will come out in the NTSB report, of course, but I'd bet that the "safety pilot" in the EC130 was a freshly-rated pilot (perhaps not even IFR-rated) who was going along for the experience. ...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Feb 2024, 22:31
Replies: 148
Views: 26,673
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

No, Jim. The "safety pilot" is merely a sandbag....

No, Jim. The "safety pilot" is merely a sandbag. He probably has a rating but has too few hours to be considered a PIC. So he rides along on flight where the customer requests/requires two pilots....
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Jan 2024, 13:36
Replies: 6
Views: 1,406
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

Interesting! I guess the age of autonomous...

Interesting! I guess the age of autonomous civilian aircraft has sort of snuck up on us more quickly than we (at least I) imagined. And, being a single guy, I have a pretty fertile imagination ;-)...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Dec 2023, 13:34
Replies: 15
Views: 4,047
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

Okay, I'm only going to say this for the...

Okay, I'm only going to say this for the perspective it gives. I'm not bragging, but I have 11,000 hours of helicopter time over 35 years of flying. The point of saying that is to note that that...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Sep 2023, 21:16
Replies: 47
Views: 19,081
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

It's not a "fog line" (although those would come...

It's not a "fog line" (although those would come in handy in Louisiana) and it's not a breakdown lane or shoulder. It's a regular lane of travel. "Street View" it. The driver was headed westbound on...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Sep 2023, 13:40
Replies: 190
Views: 51,782
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

I see a lot of criticism of this BSO pilot on...

I see a lot of criticism of this BSO pilot on social media and YouTube. Everybody simply assumes that he screwed-up by not pulling the good engine off and autorotating into a schoolyard. The internet...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Aug 2023, 12:54
Replies: 190
Views: 51,782
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

A lot of people are criticizing this EC135 pilot...

A lot of people are criticizing this EC135 pilot for not landing sooner. We know the pilot had an engine failure - he reported that to the Tower as his reason for returning. Once the engine quit,...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Aug 2023, 01:15
Replies: 52
Views: 8,879
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

That certainly would give the pilot an indication...

That certainly would give the pilot an indication that the pedals weren't hooked up - they wouldn't be! But... "Inspectors with the Federal Aviation Administration who responded to the crash site...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Aug 2023, 14:38
Replies: 52
Views: 8,879
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

It's easy to armchair-quarterback any accident....

It's easy to armchair-quarterback any accident. Pompous pilots say, "Well, what *I* would have done..." or "What he should have done..." Yeah, yeah...you weren't in the cockpit with him, so shut up....
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Aug 2023, 23:00
Replies: 39
Views: 12,567
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

In 1982 or so, when I was a mere lineboy, I...

In 1982 or so, when I was a mere lineboy, I witnessed a man walk into the tail rotor of a Bell 222 at the E60th Street Heliport in NYC. This, despite the fact that there were *two* customer service...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jul 2023, 16:45
Replies: 6
Views: 2,559
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

AW189 Hard Landing

Kind of a lot of people for a post-maintenance test flight, if that is what it was.

Helicopter Carrying 7 People Crashes in Subang, Malaysia - Aviation A2Z...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jul 2023, 02:17
Replies: 63
Views: 21,230
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

Okay, so we know what caused the jammed pedals. ...

Okay, so we know what caused the jammed pedals. What caused the thing to fall out of the sky?
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Jun 2023, 17:53
Replies: 851
Views: 738,412
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

"Rat nose" BWAAAHAHAH. You got that right,...

"Rat nose" BWAAAHAHAH. You got that right, Tickle! How did Bell come up with that monstrosity? I guess all of those old 206 designers must have either retired or died.

I always thought the 505 was...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Jun 2023, 22:02
Replies: 49
Views: 12,188
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

Well, SAS, some of us are hooked into this...

Well, SAS, some of us are hooked into this industry better than others. And by "others," I mean you.
EC135 Air Ambulance CFIT when Pilot Distracted Correcting Tech Log Errors - Aerossurance...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Jun 2023, 14:42
Replies: 40
Views: 5,582
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

And right there we have the crux of the issue....

And right there we have the crux of the issue. GROSSLY underestimated. You got that right! These LSD-induced eVTOL fantasies of pilot-less drones flitting about urban areas *below* the tops of the...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th May 2023, 15:05
Replies: 133
Views: 17,415
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

Oh Megan... Missy, you may be too young to know...

Oh Megan... Missy, you may be too young to know the importance and history of the brave aviators who came before you, and I don't really fault you for that. The "innocent hubris of youth" and all....
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd May 2023, 17:48
Replies: 133
Views: 17,415
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

With respect to SASless''s question about the...

With respect to SASless''s question about the mindset of the Astar pilot...

He came in from over the town; and that ripping tailwind probably had him doing a pretty good clip. How could a...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st May 2023, 03:13
Replies: 133
Views: 17,415
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

The outcome almost always is. If you get...

The outcome almost always is.

If you get into one of those situations where the helicopter goes down faster as you pull up more on the pole, then you'll do one of two things: 1) If you're high...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th May 2023, 13:55
Replies: 133
Views: 17,415
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

Ohhh, you just have to know where to look: ...

Ohhh, you just have to know where to look:
Report_LAX99LA282_47145_5_20_2023 9_41_50 AM.pdf (file:///C:/Users/rbarb/Downloads/Report_LAX99LA282_47145_5_20_2023%209_41_50%20AM.pdf)

The ship must...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th May 2023, 13:19
Replies: 133
Views: 17,415
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

It's not a "danger," it is a fact of helicopter...

It's not a "danger," it is a fact of helicopter life. Helicopters are big weathervanes: They like to point themselves into the wind. I think I even heard ol' Igor himself reply, "Well, DUH!' when I...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th May 2023, 13:49
Replies: 133
Views: 17,415
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

HAHAHAHAH! I laugh. Pilots arguing over whether a...

HAHAHAHAH! I laugh. Pilots arguing over whether a crash was "caused" by VRS or SWP. HAHAHAHAH. So silly. I've said for a long time that IT DOES NOT MATTER which is which. The end-results are the...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th May 2023, 01:14
Replies: 133
Views: 17,415
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

Claude's latest video is done in a Robinson.R-22....

Claude's latest video is done in a Robinson.R-22.

(26) Claude Vuichard demonstrates the efficiency of the « Vuichard Recovery Technique » on a R22 - YouTube
Forum: Rotorheads
8th May 2023, 01:25
Replies: 133
Views: 17,415
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

Sooooo, settling with power, then?

Sooooo, settling with power, then?
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Apr 2023, 15:09
Replies: 58
Views: 5,816
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

PHI used to have us do 180 autos from 500 feet in...

PHI used to have us do 180 autos from 500 feet in a 206B during every year during Recurrent. No big deal. The key was to initiate the aft cyclic input first, or at least simultaneously with putting...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Apr 2023, 23:48
Replies: 128
Views: 36,705
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

I got to thinking... 1) Low-time machine and...

I got to thinking...

1) Low-time machine and the tail rotor comes off? ATSB cannot find a definitive cause?

2) You know how we always caution pilots to operate the helicopter within limits so...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Mar 2023, 01:59
Replies: 41
Views: 6,591
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

Ray Prouty wrote about this very thing. While it...

Ray Prouty wrote about this very thing. While it might be theoretically possible, you can't really stall a rotor disk because, as you said, the aircraft just slows down. But that doesn't mean that...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Mar 2023, 12:53
Replies: 49
Views: 12,188
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

Well...it appears that the pilot may have had to...

Well...it appears that the pilot may have had to do the forced landing because he hit some trees IN CRUISE FLIGHT, then lost some bits from the helicopter (like the skids and half of the horizontal...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jan 2023, 15:53
Replies: 23
Views: 6,253
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

I began my r/w training in the mid-1970s, and I...

I began my r/w training in the mid-1970s, and I was mostly taught by guys who had recently returned from Vietnam. They INSISTED strenuously that I do a "hover-hang" check immediately after lift-off....
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Dec 2022, 14:14
Replies: 27
Views: 8,466
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

...To a slope landing.

...To a slope landing.
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Nov 2022, 00:53
Replies: 6
Views: 3,436
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

I love when people on the ground see a TV News...

I love when people on the ground see a TV News helicopter circling overhead and say, "HE'S LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO SET IT DOWN!!" It's silly because we all know that EVERY helicopter pilot always has...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Oct 2022, 23:39
Replies: 12
Views: 3,207
Posted By FH1100 Pilot

It is interesting. News reports state that...

It is interesting. News reports state that Westwind reported the accident to the Coast Guard at 6:35 local time. Sunset in the Gulf of Mexico on the day of the accident was about 6:22. Most...
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