How not to take off in your Robinson!!
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Below the Glidepath - not correcting
I've often wondered what would happen if you just yanked the collective without touching the pedals or the cyclic - mystery solved.
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In all fairness, the aircraft did it's best to fly away from the water. However, the person operating the controls must have had other intentions... Wonder if the water was cold!
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I saw similar behaviour with an R22 at rather close quarters some years ago (dramatic enough for me to dive for cover)
From recollection the incident was something to do with a gust lock or control friction setting which caused a serious PIO as soon as the thing lifted.
Does this make sense ?
I don't fly these machines, but I'm sure that plenty on this forum do and can comment further.
From recollection the incident was something to do with a gust lock or control friction setting which caused a serious PIO as soon as the thing lifted.
Does this make sense ?
I don't fly these machines, but I'm sure that plenty on this forum do and can comment further.
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Not sure how that is relevant to the sh*t show referred to by the original post, and this question may be worthy of its own thread, but: when operating from a slippery surface (which is not always ice, some ramps can be incredibly oily and slick), probably the biggest issue is transitioning the main rotor between fight RPM and ground idle RPM (both directions, speeding up or slowing down). Obviously this must be done gently and slowly while working the pedals appropriately to prevent the ship from spinning right around on you. In Robinson helicopters, under slippery conditions I've been trained to turn off the governor and manually control rotor RPM until safely up to flying speed, then turn the governor back on. I operate onto and off of glare ice often in the winter and this works quite well, and of course it works under less slick conditions also. Even if you don't think the conditions are slick always be ready to put some power pedal in when coming up out of ground idle rotor RPM.
Spraying bugs with helicopters? Whaat?
I wonder what sort of nozzle you'd need to spray helicopters. Some kind of rotary atomiser? It seems an extraordinarily complexand costly way of getting rid of bugs. Why not use an insecticide?
I wonder what sort of nozzle you'd need to spray helicopters. Some kind of rotary atomiser? It seems an extraordinarily complexand costly way of getting rid of bugs. Why not use an insecticide?
I wonder if there was a C of G issue with the insecticide tank? It seems to just tip backwards and stick the TR in the water, which no doubt results in loss of TR drive and the subsequent gyrations.
Can piston engines develop sufficient torque to make rpm transitions (usually spinning up not down) tricky?
would think a normally aspirated engine would have all the torque of a wet noodle thrown at a wall.
would think a normally aspirated engine would have all the torque of a wet noodle thrown at a wall.
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