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Forum: Rotorheads

31st Aug 2013, 09:55

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AS332L2 Ditching off Shetland: 23rd August 2013

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Posted By African Eagle

.. and increase available power margins and...

.. and increase available power margins and increase annual helico revenues.

But very unlikely to happen.

Forum: Rotorheads

30th Aug 2013, 11:29

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AS332L2 Ditching off Shetland: 23rd August 2013

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Posted By African Eagle

Interesting to note in that same CAA doc that two...

Interesting to note in that same CAA doc that two other Eurocopters simply dropped out of the sky at night just because the AFCS was deselected and the aircraft was transferred back into manual! :eek:

Forum: Rotorheads

27th Aug 2013, 08:41

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AS332L2 Ditching off Shetland: 23rd August 2013

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Posted By African Eagle

According to airwave45 North Sea operations are...

According to airwave45 North Sea operations are half as safe as those in the Gulf of Mexico!

Who would have thought it!

Forum: Rotorheads

26th Aug 2013, 09:19

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AS332L2 Ditching off Shetland: 23rd August 2013

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Posted By African Eagle

Mary, that's not quite true as many (but not all)...

Mary, that's not quite true as many (but not all) helicopters do have a nut which holds it all together:

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Forum: Rotorheads

26th Aug 2013, 09:04

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AS332L2 Ditching off Shetland: 23rd August 2013

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Posted By African Eagle

That's why the nut holding the rotor on is called...

That's why the nut holding the rotor on is called the "Jesus Nut", named so for the benefit of Rotoronin and the Darwin crowd.

Regarding gliding, have you ever seen these?

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