ROTORHEADS AROUND THE WORLD: Videos
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It appears that was only due to be a ground run, given the sizeable pipe attached to the heli. Was this incident as a result of some kind of uncommanded movement of the collective? The movement of the helicopter looks too violent to have been as a result of pilot input but it's hard to tell. Glad everyone was OK after this one.
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If you watch closely it appears he actually just pulled his hand up and had it off the collective at the time it shot up, quickly puts it back down when he realises what happened. Looks like a ground run alright judging by the GPU cable, maybe the gear in the back is for some sort of auto-stabilisation computer that took over???? the guy on the skid was bloody lucky!
A quick goggle indicates that N530NT was a just a prototype? In any case, it looks as though the GPU cable prevented the machine yawing even further to the right as well as pulling the nose up, causing the tail to strike the ground? Throwing off the hapless ground crew in the process was lucky; he could've ended up with two broken feet trapped under the skids - or worse! I can't see that there was any 'auto-stabilisation' going on - looks like the pilot slams the lever down instinctively.
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I wonder what caused the collective to come up though
Saw the same thing happen to a B47G5-A. The M/R head had been overhauled and not enough PMC weights were re-fitted. On the first airtest the collective nearly took the pilot's eye out when he released the friction. All ended OK though.
From the audio on the clip.
Test-pilot: "I took the friction off, and the f..king collective bungy popped up on me......and it popped the ship in the air...."
It says "Experimental" on the side of the a/c, and the clip is called "Notar's First flight" so, I would guess the gizmo's in the back is for flight-testing purposes.
Test-pilot: "I took the friction off, and the f..king collective bungy popped up on me......and it popped the ship in the air...."
It says "Experimental" on the side of the a/c, and the clip is called "Notar's First flight" so, I would guess the gizmo's in the back is for flight-testing purposes.
N530NT was the first of two MD530N NOTAR ships built. It was a proposed version of the NOTAR family that was based on the MD530F. I believe it was only ever certified in the experimental category as it spent its entire life as a test ship, in one form or another. N530NT first flew in December 1989, although I don't know if this particular "flight" was before or after that date. It later contributed to the test programme for the MD520N version.
Can anyone shed some light on the electronics package in the rear compartment? I would guess it consists of various gizmos to log telemetry from numerous critical components. What would such a package consist of? During its flight test programme, this helicopter was also fitted with a flight data boom. Thanks.
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Can anyone shed some light on the electronics package in the rear compartment? I would guess it consists of various gizmos to log telemetry from numerous critical components. What would such a package consist of? During its flight test programme, this helicopter was also fitted with a flight data boom. Thanks.
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Ferry Flight
back from the fire season to homebase
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Interesting what you can see posted on Youtube, I am a Canadian and flew HAFR and HAFM in 1990 in France. They were leased by a Canadian Company back then, to do the fire season.
Picked them up at the start of the season and flew them back to Ahlen Germany at the end of the fire season. Fun trip and gooood people
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Picked them up at the start of the season and flew them back to Ahlen Germany at the end of the fire season. Fun trip and gooood people
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I love the long line videos. I have a little over 300 hours of long line time, with all but about 10 hours of that seismic. Even with that being considered precision long line, I'm blown away by the skills of these construction guys. It's like the same quantum gap I felt between my skills at 10 hours and my flight instructors. Amazing. The fine movement skills are simply impressive. Oh what a difference a few thousand hours make. 
