Norways first AW101 on its side
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From: Norway
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Please could someone from Norway translate this paragraph from the news article link into English.
Helikopteret veltet mens det hadde rotor og motor i gang, og drev det vi kaller bakkekjøring. Rotorbladene har tatt nedi bakken ved velten, sier Stordal.
thanks,
Wil.
Helikopteret veltet mens det hadde rotor og motor i gang, og drev det vi kaller bakkekjøring. Rotorbladene har tatt nedi bakken ved velten, sier Stordal.
thanks,
Wil.
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From: Stavanger
Yes, kjøring usually means driving, but could mean running (engines) as well, so I guess they might have been just running the engines while being stationary. Not sure if it was moving on the tarmac or not.
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Carefully lift it back onto its landing gear and then send it back to Leonardo, they will repair it good as new. They have done similar before (Merlin Mk.3 ZJ133 which fell over in the desert at El Centro in the USA).
Wil.
Wil.
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A three point landing.
Nice bit of design that they aligned the three points of contact three-dimensionally for the beast to land on.
They think of everything when they design these things!
OK, so it also landed on its main rotor, but a boffin can't be expected to think of everything.
Nice bit of design that they aligned the three points of contact three-dimensionally for the beast to land on.
They think of everything when they design these things!
OK, so it also landed on its main rotor, but a boffin can't be expected to think of everything.
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From: 60 north
Uuuups!
I was thinking of starting a new positive thread here , the other day,about the new Norwegian SAR Helicopter arriving. And its progress!
Was looking forward to some positive news in the Fling Wing department for a change.
Good thing no casualty's, except my national pride and tax money.
Both of which we have plenty off......!
Standing by for a debrief!
( Someone is paying for a long "Wet Brief", good thing its weekend!)
Good luck to all!
Cpt B
Was looking forward to some positive news in the Fling Wing department for a change.
Good thing no casualty's, except my national pride and tax money.
Both of which we have plenty off......!
Standing by for a debrief!
( Someone is paying for a long "Wet Brief", good thing its weekend!)
Good luck to all!
Cpt B
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From: UK
And the Nigerians more recently did the same thing. Lot of power in those BERP rotor blades!
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According to an Airforce spokesman: " The personnel doing the testing was two experienced pilots.Performing a test program.
Also Stavanger Aftenblad reports Hovedredningssentralen was informed of the incident.( Havari)
Something I suppose they promptly acted on as soon as the awful racket next door stopped! ( SAR HQ Norway, Main Rescue Central, Hovedredningssentralen, HS, is located across from the RNoAF 330 Squad at Sola , SVG).
From his wording it is unclear to me if it was Norwegian officers or factory test pilots behind the wheel!
I am sure they take euros or sterling in the officer mess if the latter.
Also Stavanger Aftenblad reports Hovedredningssentralen was informed of the incident.( Havari)
Something I suppose they promptly acted on as soon as the awful racket next door stopped! ( SAR HQ Norway, Main Rescue Central, Hovedredningssentralen, HS, is located across from the RNoAF 330 Squad at Sola , SVG).
From his wording it is unclear to me if it was Norwegian officers or factory test pilots behind the wheel!
I am sure they take euros or sterling in the officer mess if the latter.
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According to an Airforce spokesman: " The personnel doing the testing was two experienced pilots.Performing a test program.
Han forteller at to erfarne flygere var om bord i maskinen da den veltet. Fire personer oppholdt seg på utsiden.
Any native Norwegian speaker care to comment?
Last edited by Aesir; 24th November 2017 at 20:13. Reason: spelling
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I don't know this aircraft, but I'll ask those who do: might this be as simple as the nose wheel not being locked, or in a fore and aft alignment, and the torque being applied a bit too rapidly? If not, sorry for the question out of ignorance.
