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Forum: Rotorheads
6th Oct 2014, 12:28
Replies: 15
Views: 4,640
Posted By Three Blades

You would think that if that was the case then he...

You would think that if that was the case then he may have realised that the instruments suggested that the aircraft was still on the ground with the enging off !
How much do these media luvvies get...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th May 2013, 12:13
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,601
Posted By Three Blades

Firstly well done to the crew and airport...

Firstly well done to the crew and airport services.

Given that we have an incident with an aircraft where there are potential problems with both engines, is there any prescident to arrange the...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Mar 2013, 06:55
Replies: 56
Views: 14,097
Posted By Three Blades

Trigger's broom ?

I saw this programme last night. A nice review of some impressive SAR ops and some good footage. As somebody who occasionally ventures to sea or into the mountains, it is nice to know that there is...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Jan 2013, 07:33
Replies: 28
Views: 9,215
Posted By Three Blades

"Network Rail spend a lot of time in the hover...

"Network Rail spend a lot of time in the hover and their railways criss cross the heliroutes."

We hear plenty about flying cars but flying trains is another game all together....

Seriously,...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Nov 2012, 13:23
Replies: 37
Views: 5,861
Posted By Three Blades

Please don't let enthusiasm and emotion get in...

Please don't let enthusiasm and emotion get in front of your business head.
What happens if you have just paid out for your share of a big service and then the true legal owner just flys off with...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Mar 2012, 07:20
Replies: 15
Views: 5,467
Posted By Three Blades

Dutch (BV) companies are often used by large...

Dutch (BV) companies are often used by large firms as a finance arm for efficient tax planning. Such a company is not usually involved in the day to day manufacturing side of things but is mainly...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Jul 2011, 07:18
Replies: 317
Views: 57,258
Posted By Three Blades

Some details of the pilot are printed in the...

Some details of the pilot are printed in the Bristol Evening Post:
This is Bristol | Helicopter victim a top businessman...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Jul 2011, 14:31
Replies: 317
Views: 57,258
Posted By Three Blades

FLY 7, I can concur with your source of...

FLY 7, I can concur with your source of information. I happened to be not far from the accident site (fortunately surfing rather than flying) and the cloud did seem to just descent in a very short...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2011, 12:37
Replies: 7
Views: 1,710
Posted By Three Blades

Nice to see a VVIP being able to enjoy himself at...

Nice to see a VVIP being able to enjoy himself at the controls of his own aircraft. Can you see Barak or Dave being able to pop down to the country in an R44 ?
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Nov 2010, 09:07
Replies: 4
Views: 2,212
Posted By Three Blades

Tonight at 9pm on Quest (freeview): Heart Of...

Tonight at 9pm on Quest (freeview):

Heart Of The Machine

Helicoptors

Rossi's on a mission to find out how helicopters are built and how they function. Then he meets stuntman Chuck to see...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Oct 2010, 14:52
Replies: 5
Views: 1,144
Posted By Three Blades

Sorry to hear of your trouble. As I remember it...

Sorry to hear of your trouble. As I remember it was a bit like the scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind - nice and easy to start with but progressing towards a disco show by the end !
I did...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Oct 2010, 13:46
Replies: 5
Views: 1,144
Posted By Three Blades

Dan, I was lead to believe (a few years back)...

Dan,
I was lead to believe (a few years back) that a CPLH could be obtained with a similar colour restriction to the PPLH but I cannot comment on the availability of work with a resticted ticket....
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Aug 2010, 15:16
Replies: 30
Views: 7,583
Posted By Three Blades

Perhaps.. If you are flying a machine with the...

Perhaps..
If you are flying a machine with the tail rotor significantly below the main disc and wish to navigate by DR (typical ppl training in Robbo or S300) then perhaps you should fly on the...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jul 2010, 08:11
Replies: 6
Views: 1,634
Posted By Three Blades

All a bit dangerous leaving that disc cutter...

All a bit dangerous leaving that disc cutter running like that. Somebody could get hurt ! :=
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jul 2010, 06:37
Replies: 27
Views: 13,678
Posted By Three Blades

There is some comment on this subject in the July...

There is some comment on this subject in the July AAIB report
Air Accidents Investigation: Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee, G-BRWO...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Mar 2010, 14:46
Replies: 253
Views: 80,078
Posted By Three Blades

With 1 meter prop radius and 1000 rpm, tip speed...

With 1 meter prop radius and 1000 rpm, tip speed is about 230 miles per hour.
So no, not a million miles off.
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Oct 2009, 10:17
Replies: 12
Views: 2,611
Posted By Three Blades

krypton_john, I have a restriction for colour...

krypton_john, I have a restriction for colour blindness which restricts me to VFR and to airfields that, if controlled, are by radio rather than light (uncontrolled is OK). I was lead to believe...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Sep 2009, 08:10
Replies: 25
Views: 6,105
Posted By Three Blades

Remember the scenes at Arafat's funeral. The...

Remember the scenes at Arafat's funeral. The crowd were firing rifles whilst the helis were arriving ! This looks calm by comparison...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Sep 2009, 15:31
Replies: 47
Views: 7,035
Posted By Three Blades

In short - no. To save typing out the whole...

In short - no.
To save typing out the whole theory, take a look at this:
Height-velocity diagram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height-velocity_diagram)
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jul 2009, 11:55
Replies: 22
Views: 4,674
Posted By Three Blades

I would suggest that having false information on...

I would suggest that having false information on your CV is a bad idea. This could be with regard to education, TT or anything else. If you were checked (eg via logbooks) and found to be wanting then...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jun 2009, 10:51
Replies: 95
Views: 9,273
Posted By Three Blades

L2, when you do compass swings, are these orbits...

L2, when you do compass swings, are these orbits relative to a fixed point or just constant rate turns ? I understood from your earlier post that they were the latter and that you said that these...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jun 2009, 09:11
Replies: 95
Views: 9,273
Posted By Three Blades

Why is the model heli in the train or the bug in...

Why is the model heli in the train or the bug in the aircraft any different to a real heli that is well OGE doing a constant 60 degree bank turn (and hence spiralling down wind when looked at...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jun 2009, 07:31
Replies: 95
Views: 9,273
Posted By Three Blades

How about this scenario. I am in a closed...

How about this scenario.

I am in a closed stationary train and flying a model helicopter around a smooth circle. Nothing complex yet and the power is constant.

I stop the flying. The train...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jun 2009, 15:19
Replies: 95
Views: 9,273
Posted By Three Blades

L2 Driver, do your comments apply to a constant...

L2 Driver, do your comments apply to a constant circular turn (ie constant attitude, IAs etc) or a constant orbit relative to the fixed point ?
If the latter then I fully agree that power changes...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jun 2009, 14:27
Replies: 95
Views: 9,273
Posted By Three Blades

We have had this discussion before but I still...

We have had this discussion before but I still find it interesting.
When I look at it from a Newtonian mechanics point of view I see that there is little argument for power change (as per the first...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jun 2009, 06:41
Replies: 6
Views: 1,102
Posted By Three Blades

Whilst the C and CBi are both fuel injected. Is...

Whilst the C and CBi are both fuel injected. Is the C not a three seater and hence P1 on the left whereas the CBi is a two seater and flown from the right ? Hence a little more difference than simply...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Feb 2009, 09:00
Replies: 24
Views: 4,787
Posted By Three Blades

As Whirlygig said, do not be tempted to pay up...

As Whirlygig said, do not be tempted to pay up front for your lessons.
Whilst the school may offer a discount, do not look at this as any different to making them a commercial loan. Do you know...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Feb 2009, 08:48
Replies: 292
Views: 96,470
Posted By Three Blades

I would like to add my vote for 'Apache' as I...

I would like to add my vote for 'Apache' as I have just finished it.
This is more of a story about a couple of missions that happen to be in helicopters rather than the more detailed writing in...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Oct 2008, 11:14
Replies: 15
Views: 3,383
Posted By Three Blades

Fly 7, I can only see one direction for this...

Fly 7,

I can only see one direction for this part of the market at present.
Feel good factor is becoming a rare commodity and hence the buyers are going to be fewer in number.
The number of...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Sep 2008, 08:04
Replies: 23
Views: 4,946
Posted By Three Blades

Pilot headbutts singer pax (maybe)

Take a free newspaper (today's London Metro) and then go to the gossip column. Hence you know that we are not speaking of the highest quality of reporting here; however there was an interesting piece...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Apr 2008, 09:15
Replies: 3
Views: 4,090
Posted By Three Blades

Afraid that I know nothing about PC sims but I...

Afraid that I know nothing about PC sims but I was reading the free Loop paper this morning and there is a piece about an R44 extension for FS2004 and FSX written by www.justflight.com
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Apr 2008, 13:12
Replies: 7
Views: 1,142
Posted By Three Blades

Now you mention it - indeed there are ! We will...

Now you mention it - indeed there are !
We will never know. Unlike the case a few years back in Kent where the guy stacked it in fog and the rozzers found a lot of hay on board.
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Apr 2008, 12:44
Replies: 7
Views: 1,142
Posted By Three Blades

on21 - you beat me to it ! I find it amazing...

on21 - you beat me to it !
I find it amazing that people can be so foolish/ill-informed.
Crossing the North Sea at 500' and without talking to anybody - and that is just the start.
Equally as bad...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Apr 2008, 13:31
Replies: 15
Views: 2,332
Posted By Three Blades

Certainly do the maths - then add a serious...

Certainly do the maths - then add a serious factor for the unexpected.
Also bear in mind not just the resale price but the time required to execute such a sale. I thought that boats were hard to...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Apr 2008, 07:55
Replies: 15
Views: 2,332
Posted By Three Blades

Sorry if I am stating the obvious but despite the...

Sorry if I am stating the obvious but despite the current climate, a residential mortgage is still likely to be the cheapest source of funds.
Hence, if you are in a position to raise the size of the...
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