Helicopter Video
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From: AUS
Helicopter Video
I really enjoyed this. It's quite a big download so it may take a while. I think it's worth it.
Tahiti Magic
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/kind-o...il_as350ba.mpg
This link now works.
Wonderful video.
Heliport
Tahiti Magic
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/kind-o...il_as350ba.mpg
This link now works.
Wonderful video.
Heliport
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From: Den Haag
If you page down and click on the 155 movie clip (see below) you will get a reasonable 6 minute video showing the 155 in Nigeria. You may even spot 212man!
http://www.eurocopterusa.com/Product...deos/movie.mpg
http://www.eurocopterusa.com/Product...deos/movie.mpg
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From: San Jose, CA
re - wire strike - I was thinking the same thing as I watched the video. The ride is a seat cushion-sucker if I ever saw one. If nothing else, he's out of the HV diagram almost all of the time.
BUT specifically w.r.t. wire strikes - I have no idea where this video was taken, but (a) the pilot could be intimately familiar with the route of the flight and (b) perhaps people in that part of the world don't put up wires regularly or ever, with or without notice. It looks like a pretty remote area.
I'm not trying to make excuses for the flying - the pilot has way bigger cajones than I will ever have - but I wanted to point out that things may be very different in whatever part of the world this vid was shot in.
At the end of the day though, I have to agree that it's More Funner to watch on the screen than it would be *through* a (wind)screen.
Dave Blevins
BUT specifically w.r.t. wire strikes - I have no idea where this video was taken, but (a) the pilot could be intimately familiar with the route of the flight and (b) perhaps people in that part of the world don't put up wires regularly or ever, with or without notice. It looks like a pretty remote area.
I'm not trying to make excuses for the flying - the pilot has way bigger cajones than I will ever have - but I wanted to point out that things may be very different in whatever part of the world this vid was shot in.
At the end of the day though, I have to agree that it's More Funner to watch on the screen than it would be *through* a (wind)screen.
Dave Blevins
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Aser,
left hand seat. We did most of the aerial filming too (i.e. the shots of aircraft landing etc). Eurocopter film crew from France came over for 4 days.
Maximum weight is 4800 kg (10580 lb) for the B model, 4920 kg for the B1 (B now out of production)
left hand seat. We did most of the aerial filming too (i.e. the shots of aircraft landing etc). Eurocopter film crew from France came over for 4 days.
Maximum weight is 4800 kg (10580 lb) for the B model, 4920 kg for the B1 (B now out of production)
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From: Abu Dhabi
212man, I was interested int he baggage compartment maximum weight, I did't find it in the web.
Just curius to compare with the 400lb of the 412.
Another question: The video says "Life raft with emergency floats for more security" showing a picture of the steps, is the life raft external in the steps or the yellow thing under the seats, I heard of a helicopter with external and automatic deployable lift raft...
Regards.
Just curius to compare with the 400lb of the 412.
Another question: The video says "Life raft with emergency floats for more security" showing a picture of the steps, is the life raft external in the steps or the yellow thing under the seats, I heard of a helicopter with external and automatic deployable lift raft...
Regards.
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From: AUS
Re wire strike.
When you watch the vid it is hard to stop thinking wires, wires, wires but I would say looking at the quality of the video and the way the aircraft is flown that the route would have been well checked first and it looks like the pilot is very familiar with that gorge.
Yes he is in the dead mans curve for a lot of the flight but plenty of us spend a large percentage of every flight in the dead mans curve. Mustering, slinging, power lines etc.
It is quite possible the flight on the video is legal and most certainly would have been a heap of fun. I've done this type of flying quite a bit and loved every second of it. Unfortunately I don't get the opportunity to at the moment but the video sure bought back some great memories
When you watch the vid it is hard to stop thinking wires, wires, wires but I would say looking at the quality of the video and the way the aircraft is flown that the route would have been well checked first and it looks like the pilot is very familiar with that gorge.
Yes he is in the dead mans curve for a lot of the flight but plenty of us spend a large percentage of every flight in the dead mans curve. Mustering, slinging, power lines etc.
It is quite possible the flight on the video is legal and most certainly would have been a heap of fun. I've done this type of flying quite a bit and loved every second of it. Unfortunately I don't get the opportunity to at the moment but the video sure bought back some great memories
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Aser,
the baggage bay can hold 295 kg. The liferafts are contained within those conformol pods which you saw the steps mounted on. Unfortunately, at the moment, they are only deployable by pulling externally mounted D-Rings located below the front passenger windows, either side. I am not sure whether there will eventually be a cockpit located jettison method; hopefully. I'm not involved in it any more.
the baggage bay can hold 295 kg. The liferafts are contained within those conformol pods which you saw the steps mounted on. Unfortunately, at the moment, they are only deployable by pulling externally mounted D-Rings located below the front passenger windows, either side. I am not sure whether there will eventually be a cockpit located jettison method; hopefully. I'm not involved in it any more.
