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Old 9th Feb 2013, 04:01
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Vertical Freedom
 
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Grand Morning to All

Thanks for all the positive comments on my pix; always inspiring

Turbulence, hmmmm rather huge turbulence plus wind shear, is all to common here, You just learn to live with it

How much + - on the VSI????? don't really care, it's often hard up against the VSI bump stop on the way down, so much higher ROD than 3,000fpm

Rotor-droop in a B3+?? never happened to me

Yep the best ROC keeps reducing as You climb, above 20,000' it's 30-35knots, above 23,K' it's around 25knots indicated

For Rescue landings above 20,000' I need to be ultra light, so floor, seats, tools, second battery are all out & then I try to manage fuel so as to land with around 40~50litres & yes the fuel light is on, so then I turn on the fuel pump whenever the light comes on as for sucking air........I believe if You fly in trim there's no risk for that, turbulence though

All flights/altitudes/landings are approved by my office & Director of Ops. otherwise I would not do them

Cheers to Life
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