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Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jan 2014, 20:58
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

digin, thanks for your measured response, and Jim...

digin, thanks for your measured response, and Jim thanks for your points. I apologize for the snarky tone up there, it was not needed.
The airframes themselves don't seem to be the problem. ...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Jan 2014, 19:36
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

Good enough for the troops, but beneath you, is...

Good enough for the troops, but beneath you, is that it?
Are you aware that the Bell 212 (the Huey) and the AB212, and indeed the entire "Huey" family of helicopters, one of the more successful...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Jan 2014, 20:52
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

Yeah, really. Make your case for ...

Yeah, really.

Make your case for
"unsuitable airframes"
if you think you can.
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Jan 2014, 20:32
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

Would you care to offer some examples of...

Would you care to offer some examples of unsuitable airframes here?
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jan 2014, 14:22
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

HC, while my gut instinct is to agree with you, I...

HC, while my gut instinct is to agree with you, I learned a few things about "negative training" when I was in the service (particularly about survival gear) and feel less critical of the point AAIB...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Jan 2014, 13:36
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

Which leads to the question raised previously:...

Which leads to the question raised previously: who is flying the aircraft?
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Dec 2013, 17:08
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

Chances are one of the test pilots at EC could...

Chances are one of the test pilots at EC could explain that, since I expect they were involved in the development process.
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Nov 2013, 12:58
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

The FAA has just figured out that, in the airline...

The FAA has just figured out that, in the airline industry, automation dependence has become too common. ...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Nov 2013, 14:46
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

Sirs, TC teaches this for a living, therefore...

Sirs, TC teaches this for a living, therefore what you have to say isn't to be said.


Or something like that. :ugh:

TC, if you (or more accurately, someone on the AAIB) are in the end...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Nov 2013, 19:15
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

Where do you come up with this bombast? I...

Where do you come up with this bombast?
I learned the difference in flight school, circa 1981-82, in Milton, Florida, Training Wing 5, HT-8 and HT-18.

I again recommend to you the posts John...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Nov 2013, 13:55
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

TC, with warmest regards .... I spent a few...

TC, with warmest regards ....

I spent a few years flying helicopters off the back end of ships, sometimes in the dark. One of the well known traps of approaching the ship at night, when it was...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Nov 2013, 22:03
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

TC: John Dixson has a great post in one of...

TC:

John Dixson has a great post in one of the V-22 threads about actual entry into VRS.

Have you seen it?

If you look at the altitude where this aircraft was before things went pear...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Nov 2013, 15:04
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

HC: On this side of the pond, it is called...

HC:

On this side of the pond, it is called the "deep pockets" tort litigation. Not sure what you call it on your side of the pond. Beyond the operating company, other deep pockets candidates...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Nov 2013, 20:35
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

Mighty Gem, thanks. YOP: :rolleyes:

Mighty Gem, thanks.

YOP: :rolleyes:
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Oct 2013, 21:06
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

I think the AF 447 Thread number 11 is alive and...

I think the AF 447 Thread number 11 is alive and well over in Tech Log. :cool:

Is the mishap aircraft in this accident fly by wire, or do both collective and cyclic controls move so that the...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Oct 2013, 13:15
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

What incited this load of bollocks, HC?...

What incited this load of bollocks, HC? :confused: The usual appeal to "play the ball not the man" is made herewith.

*Return to lurking and learning about auto-pilot modes in helicopters I...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Oct 2013, 18:26
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

Sounds eerily similar to a 777 at SFO. In this...

Sounds eerily similar to a 777 at SFO. In this case, there is no training captain to blame.

HC, the term "overreliance on automation" is not to be countered with "you are a cavemen for so...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Sep 2013, 17:04
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

From the Canadian investigation ... I'll...

From the Canadian investigation ...

I'll ask this same question again, with a rhetorical sense.

Are you flying the aircraft, or is the aircraft flying you? I've had vertigo a few times...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Sep 2013, 13:03
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

Brian Abraham: From the excerpt you posted from...

Brian Abraham:
From the excerpt you posted from AAIB issued information, one will ask one's self:
were the pilots flying the aircraft or was the aircraft flying the pilots? (See the points on...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Sep 2013, 21:15
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

If he won't, I will. I used to train my C/P's...

If he won't, I will. I used to train my C/P's that way, all those years ago, in the Navy. Hand fly it in the goo, auto features off, trim off, SAS off ... and keep the scan alive.

Aye.
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Sep 2013, 16:09
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

Oops, thanks for the correction. Use your...

Oops, thanks for the correction.

Use your hand on the collective? :confused:

As I am not familiar enough with each model and its AFCS modes, I apologize for any gross errors.


You use...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Sep 2013, 18:33
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

Ob Fwit ... First off, deeply grateful for your...

Ob Fwit ...
First off, deeply grateful for your explaining to me some of the nuances of the auto systems.

You will I hope forgive me for offering the opinion that this is counterintuitive to...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Sep 2013, 15:34
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

In order that I understand the report and the...

In order that I understand the report and the approach plate:

The MDA for that approach is 300 feet.
Weather reported in the was 200 feet scattered 300 feet broken. (IFR)
If I have misread...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 16:30
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,679
Posted By Lonewolf_50

FWIW, the US Navy has been working with HUMS in...

FWIW, the US Navy has been working with HUMS in their SH-60/S-70 fleet for some years (I think about two decades). One of the frustrations I have heard from maintenance departments is the number of...
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