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Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Apr 2014, 12:40
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

The Wessex Crash was caused by a mechanical...

The Wessex Crash was caused by a mechanical failure as I recall....not Pilot failure as we have seen in the rash of crashes lately.
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Apr 2014, 00:56
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

The machines seem far more capable than Pilots in...

The machines seem far more capable than Pilots in most cases.
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Apr 2014, 23:01
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

So why not just program the aircraft to do what...

So why not just program the aircraft to do what you want, hit "Go", sit back and enjoy a cup of Tea while the aircraft flies you to your destination and lands for you?

Optionally piloted Black...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Apr 2014, 15:33
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

6 SAR Flights? Golly gee, how does one maintain...

6 SAR Flights? Golly gee, how does one maintain flight separation with all those thundering fleets of aged Sea Kings filling the sky? (Images of flying Monkeys in the Wizard of Oz).

Now on an...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Apr 2014, 20:19
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Griffo me young Lad, you are anything but an old...

Griffo me young Lad, you are anything but an old Fart just yet.

You fully grasp the concepts.

Fixed Wing "Rules" applied to Helicopters always provides for an awkward situation.
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Apr 2014, 11:18
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Term, that is not what you said. You said...

Term, that is not what you said.

You said lax rules for night flight and made no mention of engines.

The vast majority of the fatal crashes at night in the USA EMS business are IIMC events and...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Apr 2014, 02:38
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Oh no....by all means let's discuss that...

Oh no....by all means let's discuss that statement. it very much is relevant to what is being said here.




Two very correctly notes "Rules" get discussed to death. The UK has no shortage of...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Apr 2014, 18:13
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

You wonder if a CAA Tenured Civil Servant might...

You wonder if a CAA Tenured Civil Servant might be so kind as to set forth in layman's language exactly what the regulations are re this discussion.

After all, it should be extremely...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Apr 2014, 21:33
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Best post yet by anyone on this topic. Well...

Best post yet by anyone on this topic. Well Done, Sir!:D:D:D:D

The only thing that really confuses me is the reference in the 139 RFM (if as it is described to be) where it references "IFR"...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Apr 2014, 18:38
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

I would suggest calling the Decision Point in a...

I would suggest calling the Decision Point in a Take Off not a Decision Point is confusing things.

Class One, Class Two or without giving any thought to Performance, Class, or color of uniform,...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Apr 2014, 11:35
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

No TDP for a Class Two Profile offshore?

No TDP for a Class Two Profile offshore?
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Apr 2014, 11:07
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

OK, again we have several answers for the same...

OK, again we have several answers for the same question.

Viz up to TDP, 250 meters for two Crew and Automated Viz measuring, and 800 meters offered up so far.

Is this another one of the "Rules"...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Apr 2014, 16:28
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

My favorite topic. "Rules". JimL got...

My favorite topic.

"Rules".

JimL got all huffy when asked him how these "Rules" came into being as it seems a logical question to ask when one considers all the contradictions and disparities...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Apr 2014, 17:42
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

The situation at worst is only a transient as the...

The situation at worst is only a transient as the aircraft is accelerating with the "Towering" part of the take off only being enough to ensure clearing the Deck Edge and during the Towering portion...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Apr 2014, 14:03
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

As American Cowboy's used to say, "If you done...

As American Cowboy's used to say, "If you done it, it ain't bragging!".:=

In the words of a great American folk Hero, Harry Callahan, "A Man must know his own limitations!".:ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Apr 2014, 12:16
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Is the Rule the Rule except when it is not the...

Is the Rule the Rule except when it is not the Rule?




The Military using different "Rules" have done just that and have done these kinds of Take Offs both in training and in real life.

How...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2014, 20:50
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Which has been the Point I have always tried to...

Which has been the Point I have always tried to make when discussing "Rules"s, "Regulations", and "Laws".

They all have varying effect, force, and pertinence but are never absolute.

Even The...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2014, 14:45
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Lone, What ever makes you think I am...

Lone,

What ever makes you think I am suggesting departing in the scenario you painted that closely approximates the situation the Crew was confronted with that night in Norfolk?

Military flying...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2014, 05:36
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

I guess you don't have any answers to the...

I guess you don't have any answers to the questions. Sorry, if I scared you off by asking you about your experience. It did seem fair as you asked about mine.
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2014, 04:06
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Yes.....in several different types of...

Yes.....in several different types of helicopters. Military and civilian.



If you are genuinely of the Blue Canoe generation then you know full well there were many years where an Army Aviator...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2014, 03:21
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Um, Does the 139 AFCS have SAS, ATT modes...

Um,

Does the 139 AFCS have SAS, ATT modes similar in concept to the Sperry system as used on the 212/412/76 families of helicopters? Those Modes were "Un-coupled" but greatly added Stability to...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2014, 00:17
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

You suspect wrong! We were routinely doing...

You suspect wrong!

We were routinely doing those takeoffs long before the SFTS system came into existence.

What was your Class Year?
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Apr 2014, 20:37
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

I am not sure I understand what you are trying to...

I am not sure I understand what you are trying to describe when you say that. Care to expand a bit on that?
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Apr 2014, 19:28
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Handy, If the Accident had occurred in the...

Handy,

If the Accident had occurred in the USA or OZ, would not the discussion be very similar when I pose the questions?

I have made my position clear enough if you have looked back a bit.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Apr 2014, 17:29
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Posting a single sentence of a multiple exchange...

Posting a single sentence of a multiple exchange of PM's is a Mortal Sin here at Rotorheads as I recall too.

You care to post the entire exchange we had on the Twin v Single thing and let everyone...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Apr 2014, 16:38
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

JimL, If we don't need to know all this...

JimL,

If we don't need to know all this stuff, why does the CAA have those horrid umpteen dozen written tests that Pilots have to master before obtaining their License?

Seems like a bit of a...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Apr 2014, 16:27
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Level Trimmed Flight it says. Yet there is a...

Level Trimmed Flight it says.

Yet there is a provision to operate at lower than Vmini during approaches using "steep" approach angles. It does require a Waiver/Approval process. (That came from...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Apr 2014, 14:34
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Shy, We have seen it typed both ways here,...

Shy,

We have seen it typed both ways here, with an "i" and with "I". We know what is intended no matter which way it is typed.

The question remains.

What is the 139 Vmini of 50 Knots...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Apr 2014, 13:10
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Now we get back to reality. We have take off...

Now we get back to reality.

We have take off Vis requirements to remain VMC.

We have VminI.

We have Take Off Profiles.

We have a four Axis Auto Pilot.
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Apr 2014, 21:05
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Under US FAA Rules, the type Take Off being done...

Under US FAA Rules, the type Take Off being done by the 139 Crew would require the Aircraft to maintain VMC until achieving Vmini which is said to be 50 KIAS.

Does the UK CAA require the same?
...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Apr 2014, 20:37
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

The Engines did not fail. There were no...

The Engines did not fail.

There were no mechanical failures.

All this arguing about Rules, why not about argue about properly flying the machine?

Violating a Rule does not harm you but not...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Apr 2014, 18:10
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Seems a Circular discussion going on here. ...

Seems a Circular discussion going on here.

Was bad Decision Making that caused the Crash or a Loss of Control during the Takeoff?

It appears to me the situation needs to be parceled out into...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Apr 2014, 22:22
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

25 degrees nose low and 90 knots 2400 FPM ROD? ...

25 degrees nose low and 90 knots 2400 FPM ROD?

I don't think so!

I would assume the ATTitue Hold goes away with the FTR mashed.
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Apr 2014, 19:35
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Posts from about 260 to 285 or so in this thread...

Posts from about 260 to 285 or so in this thread are worth having a second look at.

Add in the useful benefits of a fully slaved Autopilot system and this take off should have been an easy...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Mar 2014, 12:48
Replies: 877
Views: 454,048
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

I reckon we have to modify that axiom that has...

I reckon we have to modify that axiom that has been bandied about here in the past that sets forth the real priorities for a Professional Pilot.

"Ass, Tin, Ticket" to become "Ass, Tin, Ticket,...
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