Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
Unfortunately there was no simulator that could be used for the Wessex and no interest, probably because the aircraft was approaching the end of its service life.
By the mid 90s we were sent down to Culdrose to do TR failures in the Sea King sim. Nothing like a Wessex inside of course, but the blades went round the right way so it at least responded in the correct manner. Not perfect at all, but better than nothing.
Originally Posted by
AnFI
SASless
"...maintain SandL with sideslip...”
In a Wessex?
Towards the end the instructor got us to set the aircraft in a particular configuration, then failed the TR without warning (we knew it was coming of course, that was the point of the exercise, but not exactly when). To a man we all crashed. We were then told that this was the configuration of the Wessex when the TR failed. When we repeated the exercise knowing it was coming, and got the throttles chopped smartly, most survived.
BTW - who on earth refers to 'a sexy mushroom'????????
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