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Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2024, 16:38
Replies: 148
Views: 26,281
Posted By Robbiee

You can easily get disoriented at nite and crash...

You can easily get disoriented at nite and crash as a result, even when its perfectly clear. No moon, sparsly lighted desert, mountainous terrain, late nite flight fatigue.

,..or you could make...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Mar 2024, 18:38
Replies: 148
Views: 26,281
Posted By Robbiee

The crash wasn't because he was flying too low. ...

The crash wasn't because he was flying too low. It was because he was flying VFR, when he should have been flying IFR.
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Feb 2024, 15:02
Replies: 148
Views: 26,281
Posted By Robbiee

****it, I'm going to Moe's.

****it, I'm going to Moe's.
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Feb 2024, 14:23
Replies: 148
Views: 26,281
Posted By Robbiee

No, I don't get your point. My chain of bad...

No, I don't get your point.

My chain of bad decisions the day I almost died, was in spite of my knowing that what I was doing was a bad idea. It wasn't overconfidence, I just turned off my brain...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Feb 2024, 19:33
Replies: 148
Views: 26,281
Posted By Robbiee

Hmm,...sounds like you're saying, only bad pilots...

Hmm,...sounds like you're saying, only bad pilots make bad decisions. Must be nice being perfect. What's that like?
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Feb 2024, 05:49
Replies: 148
Views: 26,281
Posted By Robbiee

Its more like when they require an Instrument...

Its more like when they require an Instrument Rating to fly a VFR ONLY helicopter. It just gives the pilot an excuse (and the overconfidence) to poke the bear.


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Forum: Rotorheads
13th Feb 2024, 15:26
Replies: 148
Views: 26,281
Posted By Robbiee

Unless you're prepared to do so? Very!

Unless you're prepared to do so?

Very!
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Feb 2024, 17:03
Replies: 9
Views: 1,967
Posted By Robbiee

So,...paper chart and wiz wheel in case that...

So,...paper chart and wiz wheel in case that precious pink line suddenly disappears, and look out the window occasionally so I don't hit anything.

Got it. :cool:
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Dec 2023, 15:12
Replies: 4
Views: 2,674
Posted By Robbiee

Given how little R44 jobs pay, pilots who get...

Given how little R44 jobs pay, pilots who get them never stop looking for a new job! :}
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Dec 2023, 15:03
Replies: 19
Views: 3,507
Posted By Robbiee

I hear "mining for crypto" is incredibly damaging...

I hear "mining for crypto" is incredibly damaging to the environment given how much energy it takes, yet I also heard that Musk supports it? So yeah, hypocrisy is everywhere.

That being said, I...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Sep 2023, 17:38
Replies: 94
Views: 21,684
Posted By Robbiee

Well, on those solo flights, I was only allowed...

Well, on those solo flights, I was only allowed to go to places I'd already been to with my instructor, so there was far less a risk of "messing up".
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Sep 2023, 03:35
Replies: 58
Views: 6,530
Posted By Robbiee

I'd just buy an R22 and move to a tropical island.

I'd just buy an R22 and move to a tropical island.
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Jul 2023, 20:12
Replies: 21
Views: 4,089
Posted By Robbiee

HEMS has been smothering the jobs boards for at...

HEMS has been smothering the jobs boards for at least twenty years. At this point I no longer believe they really need anyone as badly as they want us to think.

,...and as long as you still need...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Jul 2023, 22:55
Replies: 21
Views: 4,089
Posted By Robbiee

If you want to know what the Blue's did yesterday...

If you want to know what the Blue's did yesterday that's got the Red's all cheesed up today, you watch Fox "news". If you want to bring light to an injustice? Well,... I'd rather hear it from...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Jul 2023, 02:33
Replies: 105
Views: 19,299
Posted By Robbiee

Kids these days are always asking which...

Kids these days are always asking which helicopter they should train in. When I learned (twenty years ago) I knew absolutely nothing about helicopters and thus this question never once popped into...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Jun 2023, 14:15
Replies: 42
Views: 12,873
Posted By Robbiee

Monkey see, monkey do, lol. ,...but still,...

Monkey see, monkey do, lol.

,...but still, that does seem a rather stupid place to put the brake handle.
Forum: Rotorheads
19th May 2023, 19:27
Replies: 133
Views: 17,231
Posted By Robbiee

You guys always get too hung up on the effect. ...

You guys always get too hung up on the effect. The cause here was just another tailwind approach using the wrong technique.
Forum: Rotorheads
9th May 2023, 16:37
Replies: 133
Views: 17,231
Posted By Robbiee

Meh, we're all kinda missing the point here. He...

Meh, we're all kinda missing the point here. He crashed because he came in on a tailwind and didn't adjust his technique accordingly. So, the real question is, why did he do that?

Anyway, they...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th May 2023, 15:51
Replies: 133
Views: 17,231
Posted By Robbiee

I've never liked terms such as "not enough...

I've never liked terms such as "not enough power", "running out of power", and "power required exceeds power available", because these terms seem to put the blame on the aircraft, when its clearly...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Mar 2023, 00:50
Replies: 67
Views: 12,141
Posted By Robbiee

Lol, yeah, its called VFR. You wanna fly in a...

Lol, yeah, its called VFR. You wanna fly in a black hole, go IFR.

Anyway, I could be wrong, but I would place a bet that most LE flying is over metropolitan areas.
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Jan 2023, 14:55
Replies: 28
Views: 6,423
Posted By Robbiee

​​​​​This generation's obsession with safety is...

​​​​​This generation's obsession with safety is taking all the fun out of living.
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Nov 2022, 15:37
Replies: 62
Views: 18,194
Posted By Robbiee

I identify as "A simple loser running out the...

I identify as "A simple loser running out the clock".

However, in light of my State's recent decent into lunacy, I've replaced all my pronouns with "asshole". Therefore, you may refer to me as,...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jul 2022, 21:40
Replies: 179
Views: 63,764
Posted By Robbiee

I'm saying that you can put up all the warning...

I'm saying that you can put up all the warning signs you want (give all the safety speeches you want) people are gonna do what they're gonna do.

I went scudd-running into IIMC in an R44 wearing my...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Jun 2022, 01:14
Replies: 17
Views: 4,155
Posted By Robbiee

If I recall correctly, the R22's tailrotor spins...

If I recall correctly, the R22's tailrotor spins in the "less effective direction" because the gearbox needed to spin it the other way would have been too big and heavy. The R44 on the other hand,...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Jan 2019, 17:17
Replies: 966
Views: 990,313
Posted By Robbiee

This thread is old enough to go to college :sad:

This thread is old enough to go to college :sad:
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