Originally Posted by
Jhieminga
My apologies for starting down this road. I was looking for thoughts on where hovering at 100' over a crowd in an urban setting fits in your risk model? These are twin-engined helos, but what are your options if you lose one engine in such a situation? As someone said, ya gotta do what you gotta do, but where would you draw the line, from a helicopter performance and risk standpoint?
personaly I don’t think it will be an effective tool - an annoyance for the protesters but not effective, as long as you stay as high, as necessary to prevent things thrown at the helicopter.
The Lakota used - should well be within OEI HOGE conditions to allow a fly away after engine failure- unless its loaded to the top, which isn’t really likely
if you could add some teargas to be spread - totally different story 🤪