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Forum: Rotorheads
14th Jan 2011, 07:10
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

Yes, try flying from Fort William to Glasgow...

Yes, try flying from Fort William to Glasgow (through Glencoe and past Black Mountain) in a 55 kt wind in a 206. The wind round pointy bits of ground still provides the same challenges at whatever...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th May 2006, 00:20
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

Yeah, like the proverbial startled rabbit! :) ...

Yeah, like the proverbial startled rabbit! :)

Phil
Forum: Rotorheads
27th May 2006, 01:33
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

In that sort of wind I would be very careful with...

In that sort of wind I would be very careful with a steep approach because the induced flow would be so little that you would have to almost bottom the collective just to reduce the angle of attack....
Forum: Rotorheads
26th May 2006, 13:12
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

Well, that's another good point :) - having gone...

Well, that's another good point :) - having gone through nearly every one of the JAA questions to check I've got my course right, there were a good deal with highly suspect answers.

Phil
Forum: Rotorheads
26th May 2006, 01:29
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

Remote Hook - you make a good point, and just to...

Remote Hook - you make a good point, and just to make it clear I certainly don't lump Jan in with my comments - in fact he and I spent a year together one week at Rainbow Lake. The CHL school has an...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th May 2006, 14:34
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

Yeah, it can be tricky, and local knowledge helps...

Yeah, it can be tricky, and local knowledge helps a great deal - a Boss I once had battled the Mistral for nearly five hours in a Beaver - he said he wasn't sure if the ADF was working or not, stuck...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th May 2006, 06:56
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

I'm not decrying Jan's efforts at all. I went to...

I'm not decrying Jan's efforts at all. I went to a school over that way that gave me a ride to and from sites that was very bumpy and not comfortable at all. Knew all about how to land in the...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th May 2006, 01:17
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

One thing to bear in mind about a school - they...

One thing to bear in mind about a school - they all teach you ways of getting into ever-more esoteric landing sites, which is OK, but few of them teach you the bread and butter stuff, like how to...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th May 2006, 14:14
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

Well, the only good place to land looks to be...

Well, the only good place to land looks to be behind the demarcation line! You could try into wind first of all, steep, and keeping just the rotors the right side of it - if you can see down the hill...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th May 2006, 01:37
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

A very good point, Gomer. I use that approach for...

A very good point, Gomer. I use that approach for offshore and mountains for the very reasons you describe. It works for me, and dire prognostications of ending up in a ball of aluminium won't stop...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th May 2006, 13:06
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

I've been using steepish approaches for the past...

I've been using steepish approaches for the past several years in Alberta and BC and I'm still alive. I've always questioned the shallow approach, and I'm not saying I won't ever use one (cloudbase...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th May 2006, 14:57
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

I don't do 60 knots all the way down - I think I...

I don't do 60 knots all the way down - I think I said I start there. By the time I get to the spot it's all very gentle.......


Phil
Forum: Rotorheads
9th May 2006, 10:24
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

Sorry, not shallow for me, although it is a tool...

Sorry, not shallow for me, although it is a tool in the armoury for those once in a lifetime occasions. Collective higher, further to dump it.......

Not only that, you should be flying into the...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th May 2006, 23:18
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

Many schools teach the Okanagan-type shallow...

Many schools teach the Okanagan-type shallow approach, which was used by someone many moons ago and never been questioned since.

It should (in theory, anyway) minimise collective movement for the...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Jul 2002, 10:54
Replies: 209
Views: 49,881
Posted By paco

There's not much you can do to avoid them in the...

There's not much you can do to avoid them in the lee, but I have found that the smoothest area, if you get stuck (because it's inconvenient to keep changing valley sides sometimes) is to ride the...
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