Rotorheads Around the World (incl 'Views from the Cockpit')

[CYHeli]

Picky lot aren't we?

RH, funny but that's the first two things that I noticed. You don't need many hours in a 5 Hundy to learn to keep the spring strong.
Beautiful paint job tho'.
Pekka does it normally have a hook, or is the mirror for snow landings?
I've never landed on snow/bear feet.

[Bertie Thruster]

Well, I think it's fantastic!

[hostile]

HEMS? mission

from Utsjoki N69 40 00, E 027 10 00
to Rovaniemi Hospital, Finland. Distance 196 Nm.

[212man]

BT, I guess the 5 Star hotel was further away than the B&B, so you were able to get started a little sooner!

[Bertie Thruster]

No, they were all waiting on the dispersal to present a cheque from the Reds fund raising activities to the air ambulance charity!

( I was in a 9 ship of Hawks once, as a pax, diamond formation; scared the sh1t out of me!)

( I also picked up an ejectee, with my Wessex crew, out of St Andrews Bay, after the imfamous "St Andrews cross" formation collision)

[Revolutionary]

remote hook, I remember hearing of a guy (Border Patrol agent I believe) who forgot to flip 'em back before take-off. Made for an exhilerating -and short- flight into the side of a hangar.

[ShyTorque]

Bertie - Hope you said: "Reds - check in. Last one airborne's a cissy!"

I think you should re-post this one for a caption competition

[DRDR]

Some impressions from New Zealand from a non pilot...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/humuku/441851579/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/humuku/441852133/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/humuku/441852287/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/humuku/441851769/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/humuku/441849828/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/humuku/441849434/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/humuku/441849928/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/humuku/441852465/

[CYHeli]

Great.

DRDR, fantastic photos.
watch out Nev, there could be some competition.

[22clipper]

A thousand words

Non pilot maybe, but nice touch with a lens! Love the Robbie on the wharf! They say a pic is worth a thousand words but I always have a thousand questions when I see a gorgeous shot like that. Is it there for late comers who missed the boat? How come the blades haven't been parked parallel to the centre line? Where is that place anyway? Why so much bracing on the pylons? ......

[ems300]

What about the front seat of HPE!!! that has to be not a bad view for the pilot!! good to see the ground loaders are trained in the proper seating arrangments!!!

[EMS R22]

Ive only got room for two in the front and i dont take guys!!!

[sir.pratt]

[qoute]Where is that place anyway? Why so much bracing on the pylons? ......[/quote]

1. looks like milford sound.

2. so they don't fall down?

[DRDR]

Thank you for your very kind words! :-)

The Robbie was parked in Te Anau on the New Zealand South Island (indeed the gateway to Milford Sound). It was shot shortly before sunset. So I do not think that it was already in parking condition. I assume that it is for scenic flights (and what a scenery you have there). Unfortunately I arrived too late to take one. But I managed to experience a really spectacular sunset complete with boat, float plane (outside the frame to the right) and helicopter (even more outside the frame to the right):


http://www.flickr.com/photos/humuku/443342230/

[BigMike]

A pic from October last year. Alfa's newest over the North Moravian countryside, Czech Republic

[Capt Hollywood]

You do take a good pic Mick.

[TIMTS]

pics from the Seychelles

Some pictures from flying in the Seychelles


Waiting for passengers at the helipad at the Lemuria resort golf course, Island of Praslin.


Waiting for passengers again, this time on Fregate Island Private


Taken while loading some passengers for a scenic tour


Starting work too early!!




Love this view!!

[DRDR]

The last ones from me. I have not taken any further helicopter picks. But if you want me to do so, I can give you my coordinates. ;-)
Remote controlled?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/humuku/444149938/
Not really! ;-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/humuku/444149920/
And last but not least one taken from the Fox Glacier Jet Ranger:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/humuku/341366109/

[remote hook]

Revolutionary Wrote:

"remote hook, I remember hearing of a guy (Border Patrol agent I believe) who forgot to flip 'em back before take-off. Made for an exhilerating -and short- flight into the side of a hangar."


May I humbly suggest that person had no business flying then? You MUST flip the pedals EVERY time you shut down on the 500, to leave them with full left pedal input, you're pounding the crap out of a couple bits at the far end. It's in the endorsement, and if you "forget" them, you really get what you deserve. That's like forgetting to untie the blades, or remove the wheels...


RH

[diethelm]

Ok, I give, I am looking at POH's and maintenance manuals for the D, E, FF and N models and no where can I find where it states you "MUST" flip the pedals or even suggests that you do flip the pedals. Help me out, where in the POH or in the maintenance manual does it state you have to flip the pedals after shutdown. If you look at the rigging, flipping the pedals actually puts stress on the spring and by leaving the pedals as they are, the spring is under less stress.

The rigging is suppose to be set so that at Max continuous power, the pedals will remain neutral if you remove your feet. This is done with the over riding spring. Why would flipping the pedals and putting tension on the spring "keep a strong spring"? The spring should be the closest to relaxed when the pedal is full left such as shown in the picture.

I can not imagine what bits you would be pounding while sitting. Naturally, you would prefer neutral on start up and shut down but sometimes a little right pedal will help getting N1 up if it starts to hang or become slow.