Originally Posted by
SASless
Had they left the Rotor Head on the thing....and used it as a lift point, used a longer Riser....and a parachute on a swivel from the tail....it would have gone a lot better.
But...as they got the job done....with no damage to the aircraft or injury to anyone....job well done!
If you look at it closely you'll see that the mast is the lift point, the two risers from the skid toes appear to be there to maintain that nose high attitude. The UH-1Y has a 4 bladed rotor so you can't just strap the blade for and aft like a semi-rigid UH/AH-1.
And they did have a small control chute attached to the tail.