What's the max groundspeed you did with a helicopter?
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From: sans frontieres
My 210+/- kts by gps was in a Squirrel riding a Katabatic from 3000m plateau to near sea level down the Priestley Glacier (E166 S74) over a relatively short distance... very interesting being spat out at the bottom. It was just as well the aircraft didn't know how fast it was going, as it would have been "peaking" as well...
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From: Gold Coast, Australia
Originally Posted by Reefdog
168kts g/s on gps with 100 indicated in 212 in a shalmal( which is a big wind in the gulf)
. No doubt we would have been well over 170kt g/s at times, just as much as we were certainly down to about 30-40kts going back into wind 
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Another Lynx
Lynx Mk 7, with TOW booms. We managed a sustained 202kts (GSDI and 252)in the downwind leg (IMC) of the Radar pattern at EGUW, as you can imagine it took forever to get down once we had turned onto finals. 
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From: Den Haag
I'm sure the 225 and (when it arrives in the SNS) the 155 boys will have some interesting figures by this winter's end. With 160 kts TAS easily achieveable straight and level, and 170-175 in a descent, it won't be long before a 70 kt tail wind takes someone over the 240 kt G/S mark
I once did Bristol to Benson in 16 minutes in a 155, which I thought was pretty neat!
I once did Bristol to Benson in 16 minutes in a 155, which I thought was pretty neat!
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From: england
blimy,
so my 200 mph - on the skyforce gps - in a r22 is pretty extreme then.
(i remember changing the setting from knots to mph coz i wanted to see "200" on the display)
that was in a decent from 4,000ft, and i never exceeded vne (102kts)
the take off was very interesting, of course.
so my 200 mph - on the skyforce gps - in a r22 is pretty extreme then.
(i remember changing the setting from knots to mph coz i wanted to see "200" on the display)
that was in a decent from 4,000ft, and i never exceeded vne (102kts)
the take off was very interesting, of course.
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Ive been beaten by a R22
But we might have to go to arbitration on this one, was it legal.
Does it not state in the flight manual of the R22 that one is not allowed to fly in wind of more than or winds forcast to exceed 15 kts (not sure of the exact number).
Does it not state in the flight manual of the R22 that one is not allowed to fly in wind of more than or winds forcast to exceed 15 kts (not sure of the exact number).
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From: Wanaka, NZ
Originally Posted by the coyote
213 knots, S76C in the cruise, Bass Strait, Oz. Other guys there have had 226 knots.
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270K in an X-15...Mother Rucker..1984........
Then there was that trip in the Agusta Grand......................now thats fast.........nearly keeps up wth a Hawk......168 Vne straight & level. Just like every Hawk pilot has done....193KIAS Vne....................sucking all the power at a 15 degree pitch down att. from about 5000'..... Had only Doppler ref for GS, which is not very reliable at a transmitted angle other that the plain.
Then there was that trip in the Agusta Grand......................now thats fast.........nearly keeps up wth a Hawk......168 Vne straight & level. Just like every Hawk pilot has done....193KIAS Vne....................sucking all the power at a 15 degree pitch down att. from about 5000'..... Had only Doppler ref for GS, which is not very reliable at a transmitted angle other that the plain.
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Originally Posted by tomstheword
But we might have to go to arbitration on this one, was it legal.
Does it not state in the flight manual of the R22 that one is not allowed to fly in wind of more than or winds forcast to exceed 15 kts (not sure of the exact number).
Does it not state in the flight manual of the R22 that one is not allowed to fly in wind of more than or winds forcast to exceed 15 kts (not sure of the exact number).
No actually:
The only wind limitations in the R22 flight manual refer to pilots with less than 200 hours in helicopters and / or less than 50 hours in the R22. And even then, the 15kts you remember refers to the gust spread.
See the extract below from the AD 95-26-04 .
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LIMITATIONS SECTION
The following limitations (1-3) are to be observed unless the pilot manipulating the controls has logged 200 or more flight hours in helicopters, at least 50 of which must be in the RHC Model R22 helicopter, and has completed the awareness training specified in Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 73, issued February 27, 1995.
(1) Flight when surface winds exceed 25 knots, including gusts, is prohibited.
(2) Flight when surface wind gust spreads exceed 15 knots is prohibited.
(3) Continued flight in moderate, severe, or extreme turbulence is prohibited.
Adjust forward airspeed to between 60 knots indicated airspeed (KIAS) and 0.7 Vne, but no lower than 57 KIAS, upon inadvertently encountering moderate, severe, or extreme turbulence.
Note: Moderate turbulence is turbulence that causes: (1) changes in altitude or attitude; (2) variations in indicated airspeed; and (3) aircraft occupants to feel definite strains against seat belts.
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From: UK
65Kts in a Chinook coming back from the Brent. Went to Sumburgh instead...
Don't recall the outbound speed, wind had picked up en route.
Once saw a Fiesler Storch (almost an honourary helicopter) appear tail-first over a hangar at about 100' and fly across the apron backwards at walking pace. Mind you, he wasn't trying to go forwards! It did look odd when he put the power on though.
Don't recall the outbound speed, wind had picked up en route.
Once saw a Fiesler Storch (almost an honourary helicopter) appear tail-first over a hangar at about 100' and fly across the apron backwards at walking pace. Mind you, he wasn't trying to go forwards! It did look odd when he put the power on though.
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From: On the move...
I had been for a flight in a H500 (Vne 156 kt) and afterwards jumped into my four wheel drive with the wife. I had taken my hand held Garmin with me in the '500 and the wife was later playing with the GPS in the car. What's this 320 km/h max speed on the GPS? She asks. How? What have you been up to?
It still took her a little while to settle down after I explained it had been in the '500 and with a tail wind. A 320 km/h Nissan Patrol, I'd like to see that!
It still took her a little while to settle down after I explained it had been in the '500 and with a tail wind. A 320 km/h Nissan Patrol, I'd like to see that!
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From: Gold Coast, Australia
Originally Posted by CYHeli
I had taken my hand held Garmin with me in the '500 and the wife was later playing with the GPS in the car. What's this 320 km/h max speed on the GPS? She asks. How? What have you been up to?
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From: Maders UK
200mph R22
Hey Biggles99 - When you clocked 200mph in the R22 was the aircraft pointing directly downwards at the ground at the time?
Was this speed encountered during a Michael Fish style unpredicted weather phenomenon?
My little R22 used to get overtaken by cars on the motorway most days.
Are you sure you weren't looking at kph?
SB
Was this speed encountered during a Michael Fish style unpredicted weather phenomenon?
My little R22 used to get overtaken by cars on the motorway most days.
Are you sure you weren't looking at kph?
SB