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Forum: Rotorheads
5th Apr 2024, 14:16
Replies: 69
Views: 7,032
Posted By Torquetalk

605carsten, the 6ft incident was down to a...

605carsten,
the 6ft incident was down to a basic altimetry error. Quite a wake up to realise that for all the sophistication of GNSS, PBN and RNP, an ATC screw up and lack of crew awareness could...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Apr 2024, 07:11
Replies: 69
Views: 7,032
Posted By Torquetalk

“The solution to rapidly reducing these accidents...

“The solution to rapidly reducing these accidents can only be achieved through efficient, evidence-based training in modern simulators."


Not quite. That may be A solution. It certainly isn’t THE...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Mar 2024, 09:34
Replies: 69
Views: 7,032
Posted By Torquetalk

The Vuichard video I have seen shows the aircraft...

The Vuichard video I have seen shows the aircraft in a stable state sinking through in its vortices. Lovely and stable, apart from the increasing ROD. But as you say, the aircraft can be all over the...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Mar 2024, 08:12
Replies: 69
Views: 7,032
Posted By Torquetalk

That is a horrible accident Robbie. The pilot...

That is a horrible accident Robbie. The pilot made a bad decision to continue for the rooftop, when they had space and height ahead to recover. The commital point was much much later than than the...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Sep 2023, 20:56
Replies: 10,578
Views: 4,718,578
Posted By Torquetalk

Musk won’t be well remembered by the Ukrainians,...

Musk won’t be well remembered by the Ukrainians, your point about Starlink notwithstanding. His banal and ill-considered musings don’t penetrate the surface of why this war is being fought and why...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Sep 2023, 21:49
Replies: 10,578
Views: 4,718,578
Posted By Torquetalk

Hardly “for once“ Guess you were tuned in...

Hardly “for once“

Guess you were tuned in elsewhere when Sarah Rainsford (BBC) got kicked out of Russia, her home, for upsetting the powers that be; or when John Sudworth (BBC) escaped China, his...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jul 2023, 21:11
Replies: 10,578
Views: 4,718,578
Posted By Torquetalk

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8UlaAHdcRMg

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8UlaAHdcRMg
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Apr 2023, 21:45
Replies: 5,684
Views: 3,672,649
Posted By Torquetalk

Fine pilot. Missed here. Where people go on...

Fine pilot. Missed here.

Where people go on their thought travels is a bigger mystery than a lot of so-called mysteries.
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Apr 2023, 21:13
Replies: 5,684
Views: 3,672,649
Posted By Torquetalk

He‘s got to be taking the Mick, surely? How do...

He‘s got to be taking the Mick, surely? How do you go from Himalayan flying to flat earth?
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Apr 2023, 16:03
Replies: 8
Views: 2,276
Posted By Torquetalk

Excepting gung ho capers IMC, I think the ground...

Excepting gung ho capers IMC, I think the ground has caught more Robbies in its unyielding arms than Robbies have flung themselves in them. CFIT comes some way down the list of crash causes after...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2023, 09:38
Replies: 67
Views: 12,231
Posted By Torquetalk

Yes, don‘t think many will be surprised if it...

Yes, don‘t think many will be surprised if it comes down to exactly that. And 2 pilots on board, which would normally mitigate disorientation. 2 pilots, but a stick with one grip mid-air, no attitude...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Mar 2023, 19:19
Replies: 67
Views: 12,231
Posted By Torquetalk

Truly tenuous to claim the helicopter incident...

Truly tenuous to claim the helicopter incident was the responsibility of the car driver, unless he did something which can be causally attributed to the crash.

Still, if the defendant has a weak...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Mar 2023, 16:35
Replies: 67
Views: 12,231
Posted By Torquetalk

An R44 in the US is just a basic ship, no AI...

An R44 in the US is just a basic ship, no AI unless instrument certified. Maybe that one was, maybe not. If youre saving here, maybe you are also saving there.

And if manouevering lowish close to...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Feb 2023, 15:19
Replies: 98
Views: 37,039
Posted By Torquetalk

Introducing too much diversity in hovering...

Introducing too much diversity in hovering standards is probably not a good idea.

Quip aside, type training is one thing; a good standard for hoist work is down to experience, recency and [line]...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Jan 2023, 20:14
Replies: 455
Views: 265,786
Posted By Torquetalk

Deconflicting dep/arr tracks and a pattern/s with...

Deconflicting dep/arr tracks and a pattern/s with reporting points should not only be possible, but safe ops in an environment with multiple aircraft on short turn-around. It doesn’t have to be a...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Jan 2023, 10:38
Replies: 455
Views: 265,786
Posted By Torquetalk

There is looking and there is scanning. An active...

There is looking and there is scanning. An active scan needs to be worked into cockpit routines and maintained. It is part of the low level concentration involved in routine leg flying.

That said,...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jan 2023, 09:58
Replies: 455
Views: 265,786
Posted By Torquetalk

An air accident investigation by the competent...

An air accident investigation by the competent authority has to take place and the police should avoid making comments which could be misused by the press.
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Dec 2022, 20:14
Replies: 161
Views: 18,777
Posted By Torquetalk

Helicrazi, clearly this is a hamsterwheel of...

Helicrazi,

clearly this is a hamsterwheel of nonesense. Continue to believe whatever you wish.
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Dec 2022, 11:36
Replies: 161
Views: 18,777
Posted By Torquetalk

and it is also a known symptom, occurring more...

and it is also a known symptom, occurring more frequently in connection with a Covid infection than as a side effect of vaccination.

Some people want certainty where there can be none. In the...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Dec 2022, 19:59
Replies: 161
Views: 18,777
Posted By Torquetalk

I don‘t know what you are talking about. I have...

I don‘t know what you are talking about. I have been vaccinated 3x each time with Cominarty from BioNTech, one of the two mRNA vaccines (also distributed by Pfizer). Very weary after first two shots;...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Dec 2022, 20:40
Replies: 14
Views: 8,128
Posted By Torquetalk

212man, that link isn’t working on my devices. ...

212man, that link isn’t working on my devices.

FB please don’t troll this thread with Covid vaccination discussion. If you reallt think there is merit in discussing possible incapacitation...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Oct 2022, 09:06
Replies: 150
Views: 34,716
Posted By Torquetalk

with the collective inop, an extra arm would be...

with the collective inop, an extra arm would be “free“, the ECLs could be moved individually to reduce power. But that assumes you know what the * is going on. The combination of smoke, resistance in...
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