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Forum: Rotorheads
26th Oct 2014, 09:33
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

P3 Bellows Which do you think bothers me...

P3 Bellows

Which do you think bothers me more? Reading your disparagement of my response to your question (when responses to uncomfortable questions are something of a rarity around here) or...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Oct 2014, 07:47
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

When the original SARH plan fell apart the...

When the original SARH plan fell apart the coalition government panicked rather than taking stock. Had they done the latter, they would have seen that upgrading the Sea King was a manageable...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Oct 2014, 10:52
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Do you not think that these guys might have an...

Do you not think that these guys might have an interest in speaking positively about their new baby? Of course they're going to big it up.

None of us have first hand experience of its performance...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Oct 2014, 08:44
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

How can you be so certain about an aircraft that...

How can you be so certain about an aircraft that has yet to be flown in the mountains? What are its handling characteristics like? How stable is it in the hover? How does it respond to turbulence?
...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Oct 2014, 08:09
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Well it's nice to find a bit of common ground on...

Well it's nice to find a bit of common ground on something. The original point about the width, specifically, was that someone a while back suggested inserting seats along the port side of the...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Oct 2014, 07:23
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Jeepys The cabin width looks like 2.4m...

Jeepys

The cabin width looks like 2.4m externally and 2.16m internally - that's the important dimension and as everyone knows, the dimension of the empty cabin space does not equate to the space...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Oct 2014, 18:00
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Jeepys Please see post number 92 then the...

Jeepys

Please see post number 92 then the first word of my response in post 93. How then have I avoided that question?

You seem very emotionally involved in the SAR 189 project. Perhaps that's...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Oct 2014, 20:26
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Kit may be required at any stage - pre, post and...

Kit may be required at any stage - pre, post and during rescue (although obviously not during winching). It would depend upon the aircraft type whether the rearcrew have to unstrap to retrieve it.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Oct 2014, 21:20
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Not if someone's already sitting in it. Plus,...

Not if someone's already sitting in it. Plus, that seat would need to be a readily available crash position. However clever a foldaway mechanism might be, it would still take an unacceptably long...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Oct 2014, 19:24
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

No, but I can read. Dimensions are one aspect of...

No, but I can read. Dimensions are one aspect of a product's technical data that aren't going to change on a daily basis. The entire width of the cabin will be required to comfortably load a casualty...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Oct 2014, 14:38
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

I think you may need rocket surgery (sic) to...

I think you may need rocket surgery (sic) to place two stretchered casualties on the floor in that seat configuration.
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Oct 2014, 06:35
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Jimf671 I've changed my mind. I think you...

Jimf671

I've changed my mind. I think you had better stick to quoting directly from websites and glossy brochures after all. That last post was pure gibberish in virtually every respect. You're...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Oct 2014, 15:47
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Thanks for the comic relief noooby. I needed that.

Thanks for the comic relief noooby. I needed that.
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Oct 2014, 10:51
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

John So where do the rearcrew sit when 6 MRT...

John

So where do the rearcrew sit when 6 MRT (the standard load) occupy the six seats? Or if all eight seats are in, how do the rearcrew access items of role equipment?

Do not confuse SAR...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Oct 2014, 06:56
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Ok, that can only be in extremis when needs must...

Ok, that can only be in extremis when needs must and is therefore irrelevant to this discussion which is about the number of seats potentially available for the deployment and recovery of passengers...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Oct 2014, 20:56
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Please explain what you're on about in post...

Please explain what you're on about in post number 70 then when you say the regulator has introduced the idea of passengers not secured in seats.
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Oct 2014, 14:38
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Jeepys Yes, you said that. If those two...

Jeepys

Yes, you said that. If those two seats are removed that will leave six - two crash positions for the rearcrew and four for pax. That's two less than the contract appears to demand for a...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Oct 2014, 04:13
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. There's a...

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. There's a world of difference between the usefulness of a passenger's ability to quote from glossy brochures or obscure contract documents and an operator's...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Oct 2014, 20:30
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Yes, you are missing something. The preferred...

Yes, you are missing something. The preferred option is for a helicopter to land and deplane/emplane its passengers quickly and with minimal risk. As soon as you introduce winching, it's an...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Oct 2014, 18:50
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

For the AW189 pilot who's worried about his...

For the AW189 pilot who's worried about his licence and doesn't want to risk bending the airframe, it may be the preferred option.
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Oct 2014, 10:53
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Yes they will, by asking the passengers to jump...

Yes they will, by asking the passengers to jump out in the low hover. Both of them!
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Oct 2014, 16:47
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

A good quality crewman will talk the aircraft...

A good quality crewman will talk the aircraft down such that protrusions from the underside of the aircraft (aerials, nightsuns etc) don't hit the rocks that may form part of the uneven surface....
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Oct 2014, 12:59
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

About one jagged rock's difference I reckon (in...

About one jagged rock's difference I reckon (in dinosaur measurements).
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Oct 2014, 18:12
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Time will tell. I admire your optimism. Shame you...

Time will tell. I admire your optimism. Shame you can't acknowledge a touch of realism.
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Oct 2014, 15:44
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Do the mountain rescue teams know? That leaves...

Do the mountain rescue teams know? That leaves two crash positions for the rearcrew and two available seats. Priceless. :D

More fool you if you choose to get airborne without paper maps and put...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Oct 2014, 12:18
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Google Images '189 SAR' and you'll see the...

Google Images '189 SAR' and you'll see the proposal for role equipment and stretcher stowage. Best of luck with that. You'd have more luck putting four elephants into a mini than getting this lot

...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Oct 2014, 08:35
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Trouble is, there appears to be a bank of 4 seats...

Trouble is, there appears to be a bank of 4 seats and a bulkhead in the way. Blind faith will only get you so far. Sooner or later you have to confront the reality that it's too darn small and kit...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Oct 2014, 19:32
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Perhaps you could explain where the first...

Perhaps you could explain where the first response bag, the second response bag, the casualty monitoring system, the defibrillator, the crew's kit bags, the paediatric bag, the smokes, the hi-lines,...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Oct 2014, 16:21
Replies: 141
Views: 62,519
Posted By Vie sans frontieres

Thumbs down That cabin is tiny. They've got to be kidding.

That cabin is tiny. They've got to be kidding.
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