Found out afterwards ....
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Found out afterwards ....
How about sharing stories on things we've done on helicopters that came out right but it wasn't a good idea to do??
I'll start with mine:
At the beginning of my civilian pilot carrer I was taking my 212 rating with an instructor that wasn't very experienced in helicopters in general nor in the model itself, so when we started doing emergencies practices, I ended up showing the guy full down autos, 180īs, 360īs, T/R failures and hyd failures (after all a 212 was to me a Huey with 2 engines more or less)
and I had been a test and instructor pilot on several models, singles and twins, in the Army long time before.
The thing is we did Hyd failures with BOTH HYD SYSTEMS OFF
not a big deal after all
Short while after that flight I read in the FM that you should never turn off both systems at the same time. I've never done it again since then
Not proud of it but it happened
Buen vuelo
Keep them coming !!
I'll start with mine:
At the beginning of my civilian pilot carrer I was taking my 212 rating with an instructor that wasn't very experienced in helicopters in general nor in the model itself, so when we started doing emergencies practices, I ended up showing the guy full down autos, 180īs, 360īs, T/R failures and hyd failures (after all a 212 was to me a Huey with 2 engines more or less)
and I had been a test and instructor pilot on several models, singles and twins, in the Army long time before.The thing is we did Hyd failures with BOTH HYD SYSTEMS OFF
not a big deal after all Short while after that flight I read in the FM that you should never turn off both systems at the same time. I've never done it again since then Not proud of it but it happened
Buen vuelo
Keep them coming !!
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Doing some gunship continuation training in the Bushrangers at Evans Head. We had finished the last of the flights, and were ready to head back to base.
The crewman suggested a flypast for the RSO, with a browneye as a bonus. The crewie was wearing a 2-piece nomex, so with the monkey belt around his waist, he was able to strip naked in the 2 minutes it took us to set up for the flyby.
He was out on the skids in the breeze, the cheeks of his @rse fluttering in the airflow, and the RSO was mightily impressed.
The crewie got back into his seat, and then we heard him say "Oh, KCUF!!"
I looked back, and he was sitting there, ashen-faced, with the tether end of the monkey belt loose in his hand - he hadn't been attached.
A vision of the newspaper headline flashed through my mind - "Naked crewman falls from helicopter!"
Would have gone over well at the court martial.
The crewman suggested a flypast for the RSO, with a browneye as a bonus. The crewie was wearing a 2-piece nomex, so with the monkey belt around his waist, he was able to strip naked in the 2 minutes it took us to set up for the flyby.
He was out on the skids in the breeze, the cheeks of his @rse fluttering in the airflow, and the RSO was mightily impressed.
The crewie got back into his seat, and then we heard him say "Oh, KCUF!!"
I looked back, and he was sitting there, ashen-faced, with the tether end of the monkey belt loose in his hand - he hadn't been attached.
A vision of the newspaper headline flashed through my mind - "Naked crewman falls from helicopter!"
Would have gone over well at the court martial.
