Scrapheap Challenge - What are they sitting on?
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Scrapheap Challenge - What are they sitting on?
Anyone know the type of "scrapped" helo in/on which the presenters sit during Channel 4's Scrapheap Challenge.
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I think it could be an Allouette 3 ???
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Help settle a family dispute!
I think it could be an Allouette 3 ???
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This link should provide the spotters out there to see the machine being referred to:
Let battle commence......
Let battle commence......
If that tyre wasn't in the way you'd be able to see if there was a folding joint down the end of the tailboom. Other than that it'd be difficult to say for certain.
(Going to say Scout, but only out of nostalgia).
(Going to say Scout, but only out of nostalgia).
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IT'S A SCOUT
If you look above the tyre at the pylon it is just visible as an aerofoil section, therefore Scout. The Wasp had a pylon. Paint work also looks brown/green rather than blue.
Check out the main rotor blades which do not fit into the blade grip. Lord knows where they came from, its a mess. Also very old main rotor head with friction dampers, don't see any of them around now-a-days.
LB
Check out the main rotor blades which do not fit into the blade grip. Lord knows where they came from, its a mess. Also very old main rotor head with friction dampers, don't see any of them around now-a-days.
LB
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Scout / Wasp, it's neither.
If you look closer at the pic,
1. There are no rear doors.
2. The floatation pods are too low to be a Westland fit.
3. You can see that the Scrapheap a/c was fitted with 2 engines.
4. The main giveaway as to what it isn't, is that there are no leather seats.
Where was it filmed?
Perhaps it is a prototype Czech Scasp PZH3.
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If you look closer at the pic,
1. There are no rear doors.
2. The floatation pods are too low to be a Westland fit.
3. You can see that the Scrapheap a/c was fitted with 2 engines.
4. The main giveaway as to what it isn't, is that there are no leather seats.
Where was it filmed?
Perhaps it is a prototype Czech Scasp PZH3.
Click here
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The main fuselage and tail boom are definitely from a Scout AH Mk 1. Just aft of the cabin can be seen the footstep/fuel tank access bay, further along the table boom is the aperture which is normally covered by the static vent panel. Also the Hydraulic Reservoir on the port side aft of cabin.
Last edited by MReyn24050; 7th Dec 2005 at 08:58.
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Compare and Contrast
Scout
Scrapheap
Alouette3
Wasp
Scout
Scrapheap
Alouette3
Wasp
Ok so the fuselage is from a Scout, but the blades aren't (they appear to be held on with large Jubilee clips or mighty strong Ty-wraps). Can't find anything that resembles them so assume they were they cobbled together by the BBC?
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Crikey, google 'XV121' 
I guess she must have done some time in Germany somewhere!!!
SS
Interesting, http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/scout.html
Nope! 
I guess she must have done some time in Germany somewhere!!!
SS
Interesting, http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/scout.html
(isn't it supposed to be 'formerly', BTW?
Oo er, missus. Don't want to go there.
Sid I shall formally withdraw my former formerly point once formal evidence is produced. I've got plenty of time, don't rush.
No, on second thoughts, knowing the way your mind operates, I'll just agree with your interpretation. It's safer.
Sid I shall formally withdraw my former formerly point once formal evidence is produced. I've got plenty of time, don't rush.
No, on second thoughts, knowing the way your mind operates, I'll just agree with your interpretation. It's safer.
