Top of the World: photos from Nepal
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High Altitude Surveillance Pug
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Actually the would be intrepid Mountaineers & their Sherpa's most bring all their rubbish down, basically everything they take up the Mountain, minus their excrement & dead Bodies (that stays for.......?) 
Happy Happy....Dayz 
How much household rubbish and excrement did the 30 people contribute to the problem?
Seems like the Law of Diminishing Returns has to be considered while discussing this.
Seems like the Law of Diminishing Returns has to be considered while discussing this.
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Art of Flight
Last edited by Vertical Freedom; 20th Jun 2018 at 04:59.
Giddy-Up Bugulugs
the hills are alive with the 'sound of muzik'
Tail-Rotor Safety???
Ouch
VF. How many times do I have to tell you. Sherpa (in) Training doesn't count when I can see ocean in the background. Now, get back up into low Earth orbit where you belong!
From memory performance nd particularly load carrying was significantly improved at sea level but unfortunately you had to acclimitise going up the hill!
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IIMC? Never....even the Ducks were walking
G'day GrayHorizonsHeli..............looooong story, but the short version is an acclaimed Mountain Pilot after an altercation with Sherpa's refusing to refuel Him, a plastic 20ltr jerry can went up through the MR blades whilst at ground-idle. 1 MR Blade had begun to de-laminate, BUT the Pilot flew like that anyways. 
Vibration was horrendous, 2 months later there was an in-flight starflex failure leading to a crash with only minor injuries. Machine was totaled 
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Hoy there gulliBell.....that's the earth bonding wire, the coloured tape is to code the Blades to match the correct position on the Head
But.But.But I Love the ocean; sun, surf, salt & sweet slurpies (eyeKandy) 
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Hello there fadecdegraded.............WILCO Jest a wee crack 
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Morning SRFred.................exactly my sentiments! I have noticed it takes around 3-4weeks to loose the acclimatization O2 bonus You gain when back down at sea level
Vibration was horrendous, 2 months later there was an in-flight starflex failure leading to a crash with only minor injuries. Machine was totaled ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hoy there gulliBell.....that's the earth bonding wire, the coloured tape is to code the Blades to match the correct position on the Head
But.But.But I Love the ocean; sun, surf, salt & sweet slurpies (eyeKandy) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello there fadecdegraded.............WILCO
Jest a wee crack ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Morning SRFred.................exactly my sentiments! I have noticed it takes around 3-4weeks to loose the acclimatization O2 bonus You gain when back down at sea level
I'm not sure how serious the anti-icing would be....anti-icing consumes power, and he needs every foot-lb of torque (or whatever those Frenchy instruments indicate) he can squeeze out of it. He would probably choose to stay out of icing conditions. My guess, he's got electric heating on the pitot tubes, and electric and/or bleed air anti-ice on the engines. Oops, I meant engine. But, I'm sure VF will be on here sooner or later to provide a definitive answer.