Congratulations
 

Good day Steven Dai

Congratulations on making in the news about your photography and all the best for the upcoming photo book that will include all the wonderful pictures that you have shared with us on the forum.:D

I knew that someday you would be noticed by the media for your wonderful work of sharing the pictures and your contribution towards making Nepal known to the world. You have done more work advertising Nepal through your pictures than what NTB (Nepal Tourism Board) has. Thank you for sharing your world with us. By the way, did you switch to Manang Air, as that is what the article says?:confused:

For interested folks, here is the link to the news article. The news is in Nepali but there are some wonderful pictures that we have not seen on this thread.

Himalkhabar.com

http://imgur.com/a/c2R6U/all

Congratulations and good luck

Happy landings:ok:

Extremes measures for weight reduction
 

http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/483...ml#post7672583

even the donkey dicks are politely gone............You could (almost) get her to the Moon without them :eek::eek::eek: (+shaker weights, anti-vib hat, X frame +++X bonus horses to pull) :ok:

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/IMG_5944.jpg

stripped 2 da max :oh: no doors, tools, nuttin' dat ain't bolted down as per d RFM (HuH where'd it go, ow, left it in back) if it weren't so darn cold we'd be (almost) naked :O just to loose more weight := & it still wasn't enough to get the shoot @ camp 3 :yuk: but solo-maybe camp 4 :p

Happy :ok:

the Lads
 

Hey GCPilot8

Thank You very kindly Brother & Yes :ok: the clix are thee Moment & I'm lucky to be flying in a place that, that is not so difficult to find Good Ones :)
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/IMG_5914.jpg

VNLK upper Helideck :D

Men at Work
 

Sagarmatha
 

approaching the top of the Khumbu Ice Fall in the JetBanger, climbing through ~19,500' to enter the Western Khumb (dead Man's alley) :eek:
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_59501.jpg

Ow My
 

What happens when miss matched TR pitch linkages are not replaced by the approved Bell product??????:confused:
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...00000000BF.jpg

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...00000000FE.jpg

Looks right, flies right .....

That looks, um .... :eek:

I assume it was flown?

Oop's,
surely that would cause a 1 per revolution imbalance that would be seriously bad for any TR set up or structure.. wouldn't it ? that cant be legal .??:ouch:

Peter R-B

Yikes
 

Hey Peter1327

Yep sadly after much pleading & begging it was still being flown.......:{
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G'day Peter-RB

Yes Brother all that & more..................& finally the result :yuk: (grounded just before this click, had it had flown with that crack :mad:
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...00000000BE.jpg

Hallo VF,

must have been a Pilot with a very numb backside and feet to not feel vibrations that crack a tailboom and carry on flying:eek:

Tell him to see a doctor:}

a penny spent today on maintenance; saves massive $$$ in the future
 

Hey Evil7

Pedal buzz was there for a loooooooooog time :ugh:(which wouldn't balance out) CE refused to acknowledge a problem till the crack reared it's frighteningly ugly head & tore 13' around the boom :mad: hence I was not flying it for long time. An almost catastrophic disaster forced them to replace the boom & TR blade linkages :D

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/IMG_0498.jpg


http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/IMG_0495.jpg

Hi Steve,
I am relieved you are not flying that heap of trashcan material, for if in developing that size of crack what else nearer to the Donk has also been subject to similar oscillations but possibly accelerated due to the length of the arm inducing neg/pos stress
Almost suicidal maintenance...or should I say "Lack of knowledge on spinning machinery will create cracks" that denotes failure, that denotes death if flown.
CE should be the one to test fly.....:ugh:

Peter R-B

206 T/R
 

VF - Old CE here, I thought it was customary (ie good practice) to fit T/R pitch links in pairs? And, of course, by the right P/N from the IPC, supplied by the OEM. And the other pointer that something is amiss is the Vibrex or 8500 imbalance issue. The technology NEVER lies; sometimes a little obscure, but you have to believe it and/or call or e-m the OEM. (Bell are one of the best at such matters, their database of 'sniggles' that don't respond to standard maintenance is legendary). And it's free too.


Well, thank goodness the aircraft was robust enough and did not fail in flight. Some lessons learned, I hope. Best - VFR
-VFR

206 T/R
 

VF, how did the "wrong" pitch link get into the Fishtail procurement system? I understand you only fly one variant of JetRanger so how did someone get a wrong part number to order, or did the supplier get it wrong? If you've got a bogus part please let us know the details, supplier etc. so that others don't get caught out. Incredible that a "Chief Engineer" could ignore such a massive high frequency vibration for so long. Can I submit my resume?

Blind Profiteering led to this....which actually caused massive lo$$e$ :ugh:

What happens (during scheduled maintenance?) if a few nuts & bolts are left on the intake lip of a C20J???

good opportunity for that L4?

Ooooops - Stupid is what stupid Does
 

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_35811.jpg

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/IMG_3616.jpg
Note the damage on the blades, following indigestion of the nuts that hold the sleeve on between the particle separator & intake......should've been a bit more careful assembling after routine inspection := (water droplets after a wash down)

aaaaaaar the good ole Dayzzz
 

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...000000A2_1.jpg

Getting ready to drop Parachuterers out of an ole A206 :8

Ouch Bird strike
 

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...0000000150.jpg

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...0000000151.jpg

& the days fly by