Originally Posted by
Fareastdriver
Undercarriage leg changes on the Wessex in the hover seemed to be an everyday occurrence
I can see it being a workable solution if you're out in the field and have a leaky oleo or similar on an otherwise entirely serviceable helicopter without the lifting kit to do the job in the standard manner.
What's simply bonkers is to take a machine that has just been involved in a seriously hard landing (sufficient to have damaged the landing gear so badly it needs to be changed), which is safely on the ground already, take off again, fly to another location and then hover over the heads of your engineers while they swap the skids out.
If anyone seriously thinks that's ok then please don't ever come within 100yds of my helicopter with a spanner or a pair of flying gloves!