I was glad to get off them in China. Beeping to max and then overpitching it so you could throw it off the side of the deck and rely on gravity to get up to VTOSS.
Beeping to max and then overpitching it so you could throw it off the side of the deck
Huh, on the A++ we did the opposite, beeped down to 100, got it to the edge of the deck (sideways, so the tail didn't catch the edge), and then while the PF focussed on handling the PNF matched the N1's at their limit. Then throw it off the side of the deck. I thought it was a remarkable skill when I first saw it, and one difficult to teach to foreign nationals. C+ and C++ was easier with the soft limiting, but again it required dynamic fluid motion to stop the droop before it went to 2 min power. Easier just to buy them an AW139. Kinda like the 737 Max I suppose...aviators no longer required.
And gotta eat crow on the heavy HK "C+", it was an A++ after all:Helicopter Sikorsky S-76A Serial 760295 Register B-HZD C-GKWT N76004 used by Government Flying Service (Hong Kong Government) CHC (Canadian Helicopter Corporation) Sikorsky Helicopters. Built 1990.
