nigel
your not doing it correctly your exhaust may set fire to the roof beams what you need to do is a run on auto and if you can do it like you do your handbrake turns and burnouts in your lexus you maybe able to turn it round so it faces the right way to depart next time :D
steve

EAPS = Engine Air Particle Separator, n'est pas?

600,
Sounds like the best idea so far. I'm off the bell CTA in the next little while, will ask if I can have a lash at that one in the simulator before I try it at home.
How safety minded is that!!!!!!!!!!!!

if it can be attempted, someone wil have tried it
 

Don't laugh fellas, I actually saw pics somewhere of a helo a guy tried to fly into its hanger parking spot. He ran out of inflow air & pranged it, caves & tunnels should also be avoided for the same reason.

PS Can I come too Terry? Bet I can frighten you in a sim as much as I used to when you was the teacher & I was the stupid, sorry student.

When I was a little Whirls-ette, I really used to think that that was how skidded helicopters got into their hangar; :) hovering at an height of 3" QFE or whatever. :}

...and now ... I've found out that my girlhood naivety was not that stupid!!! :ok:

Cheers

Whirls

I am giving up this thread as nobody is taking it seriously. I have skids...no ground handling wheels or trolley and a big hangar. its really no big deal if your gifted:ok:
ps the **** in the 44 gives "other pilots who fly into hangars" a bad name .
pps. Score for ramblers depends on what vile colour plastic cover they come and how many ski sticks they are carrying.... how come with all that walking so many of them look so ill.?

Yes I think you should as I for one am a bit confused with your proclamations of;

"it takes a fine touch" for such a "big hanger" and the bit about "once fully entered."

Then you really fluff it by telling us about your small / medium sized chopper:{

I guess though I that I MUST bow to your great finesse as so far there are not any stories abounding as to how you may have banged hell out of the sides of your "hanger".


On another much sweeter note, how could any of us ever, ever imagine anything other than this quote.

Made my day that one:)

Topendtorque you will be hearing from my lawyers . I intend to sue you for implying that i have a small/medium sized chopper.
See you in court:=

Final solution.
 

Don't worry about it TopEnd, I got a plan to deal with Nigel (see my post on the police drone tests)

Thanks Clipper
Yes, he really had me shakin’ in me boots like!

I wonder which other re-quoted parts of his little gems would also make for good bait.

Most surprising really as he is such a good and enjoyable host, always serving up tasty morsels of endearing praise to us R22 drivers whenever he has us out to eat.

Obviously quite unable to accept the same hospitality in return, even when it’s self cooked prose of his own recipe.

NigelH
I do hope that you will go easy on me with the numbers of silk types that you put before the ‘bar’.

I feel the urge to offer a shout as the necessary compensatory cost, for a celebratory drink, for finally getting one right up the nose of a dedicated R22 basher.

So, what will it be old son, a good old ice cold Queensland XXXX beer with a Bundaberg Rum chaser?

Perhaps I could be convinced to pull it out of my own fridge ~ on the way past for you to obtain a bit of first hand experience in what real helicopter flying is all about.