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Forum: Rotorheads
28th Apr 2024, 20:08
Replies: 23
Views: 2,724
Posted By JimEli

I think most pilots would avoid the heavy landing...

I think most pilots would avoid the heavy landing on the beach by landing on the beach.
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Apr 2024, 12:30
Replies: 4
Views: 1,734
Posted By JimEli

Downloaded fuel to make the lift, then drank just...

Downloaded fuel to make the lift, then drank just enough fuel to make Lakehurst and still hover upon arrival. Good planning and execution boys.
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Apr 2024, 17:24
Replies: 100
Views: 7,149
Posted By JimEli

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/256x171/facepalm_d080bacbec296adc4bb3e3e49e6605391dcd1072.png
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Apr 2024, 00:34
Replies: 100
Views: 7,149
Posted By JimEli

Lion Air Flight 610 crashed on 10/29/2018, twelve...

Lion Air Flight 610 crashed on 10/29/2018, twelve minutes after takeoff killing all 189 passengers and crew. Five months later, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed six minutes after takeoff killing...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Apr 2024, 14:03
Replies: 100
Views: 7,149
Posted By JimEli

April Fool.

April Fool.
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Mar 2024, 23:48
Replies: 100
Views: 7,149
Posted By JimEli

“Some rotors can therefore be said to behave like...

“Some rotors can therefore be said to behave like a gyroscope in that their phase-lag is 90 degrees.”

FWIW, I believe the reference is to the Bell-Hiller rotor system, although not explicitly...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Mar 2024, 21:15
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

Understand the part 135 operators' GOM...

Understand the part 135 operators' GOM would/could/should have further restrictions and requirements.
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Mar 2024, 16:45
Replies: 1
Views: 901
Posted By JimEli

Do weathermen forecast rain just to keep everyone else off the golf course?

Does anyone know of any studies which quantify the accuracy of NOAA aviation weather forecasts?

Pilots depend upon these forecasts to make go/no-go decisions, and are ultimately held responsible...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Mar 2024, 18:21
Replies: 2
Views: 1,344
Posted By JimEli

Texas UH-72 Crash, 2 NG members and Border Patrol agent killed

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/09/1237184128/texas-helicopter-crash-national-guard-border-patrol-deaths

...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Feb 2024, 16:19
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

FWIW, in this accident, the helicopter wasn't...

FWIW, in this accident, the helicopter wasn't helicoptering.
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Feb 2024, 16:00
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

A few things to consider. 1. The utility of...

A few things to consider.

1. The utility of most helicopters is in performing operations conducted VFR and below MSA.

2. Until recently in the US, helicopters could operate in class G airspace...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Feb 2024, 22:02
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

What is your definition of "scud...

What is your definition of "scud running"?
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Feb 2024, 18:28
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

Actually, I don't follow your logic. First, your...

Actually, I don't follow your logic. First, your reference to IFR; do you mean IMC?
Second, the National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of the N72EX accident as:
1. The...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Feb 2024, 13:10
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

Interesting point, because I'm not seeing one in...

Interesting point, because I'm not seeing one in the video posted above (10/23/23), unless someone is aware of a device incorporating one?

§ 135.160 Radio altimeters for rotorcraft operations. (a)...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Feb 2024, 23:36
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

A screen replacing the windshield is so 20 years...

A screen replacing the windshield is so 20 years ago. Try Elbit and Universal Avionics ClearVision/SkyLens
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Feb 2024, 13:09
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

Just curious, do you have dual controls in your...

Just curious, do you have dual controls in your car?

For those interested, here's a report on pilot incapacitaion (https://skybrary.aero/sites/default/files/bookshelf/3395.pdf): "It is noteworthy...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Feb 2024, 00:30
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

Thanks for the answer Gordy. Do you think your...

Thanks for the answer Gordy. Do you think your experience is more the norm or exception in the industry?
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2024, 15:50
Replies: 30
Views: 7,208
Posted By JimEli

I find this statement incredulous. 30+ years...

I find this statement incredulous.

30+ years in H-60 with blade deice and anti-icing equipment. Flew SPIFR EMS in the US Pacific NW. I recall a particular IFR flight out of Phoenix on a January...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Feb 2024, 13:33
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

4 years and a few days past the N72EX accident...

4 years and a few days past the N72EX accident (https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/638330-n72ex-kobe-bryant-crash-update.html). How quickly we forget?
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Feb 2024, 23:08
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

What's the purpose of requiring a sandbag? It...

What's the purpose of requiring a sandbag? It doesn't appear to have benefitted the flight in question (incidental contributing factor?).
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Feb 2024, 21:07
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

What exactly is the function and/or duty of the...

What exactly is the function and/or duty of the “pilot assistant”? Monitor PIC heart rate and respiration? Twiddle thumbs? Distract the PIC? Can the assistant manipulate controls? What training (CRM)...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Feb 2024, 13:07
Replies: 148
Views: 26,462
Posted By JimEli

"National Transportation Safety Board member...

"National Transportation Safety Board member Michael Graham said at a news conference Saturday night. All six people on board — the pilot-in-command, a safety pilot and four passengers — were killed,...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Feb 2024, 20:38
Replies: 9
Views: 1,980
Posted By JimEli

"The FAA is telling pilots to monitor their...

"The FAA is telling pilots to monitor their equipment and be ready to switch from digital to analog..."

Where is that switch located?
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Jan 2024, 14:26
Replies: 13
Views: 1,343
Posted By JimEli

You might be looking in the wrong location. ...

You might be looking in the wrong location.

Does the fire department only test hydrants just before a fire?

My guess would be that the aircraft was tested and certified in that configuration....
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Dec 2023, 12:50
Replies: 19
Views: 3,532
Posted By JimEli

Most ridiculous assessment ever made. The City...

Most ridiculous assessment ever made. The City Controller faults the air support division for not having adequate metrics. I would ask him to quantify how many metric tons of carbon dioxide is a life...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Dec 2023, 17:41
Replies: 3
Views: 1,072
Posted By JimEli

He said "required." So, the maintenance...

He said "required."

So, the maintenance technician is a crewmember.

14 CFR § 1.1 General definitions states that, crewmember means a person assigned to perform duty in an aircraft during flight...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Dec 2023, 14:23
Replies: 3
Views: 1,072
Posted By JimEli

What is an Operational Check Flight?

The regulation that requires an operational check flight be performed is U.S. 14 CFR 91.407(b). To paraphrase the regulation, it states, that no person may carry any person in an aircraft that has...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Dec 2023, 20:35
Replies: 59
Views: 12,464
Posted By JimEli

FWIW, older versions of the AS350 RFMs define the...

FWIW, older versions of the AS350 RFMs define the maneuver limitation as:

Do not exceed the load factor corresponding to the servocontrol reversibility limit.

Which is an odd way to put it,...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Dec 2023, 20:30
Replies: 59
Views: 12,464
Posted By JimEli

Servo hardover? See NTSB report NYC97LA058...

Servo hardover? See NTSB report NYC97LA058 (https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39330/pdf) for a similar occurrence in a 355. Although, Airbus Helicopters...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Dec 2023, 19:35
Replies: 59
Views: 12,464
Posted By JimEli

Most are trying to describe the same thing with...

Most are trying to describe the same thing with confused terminology and reasoning. The resultant of 2 identical colinear forces is double the individual force.

However, the AS350 dual hydraulic...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2023, 01:08
Replies: 44
Views: 7,672
Posted By JimEli

Becareful of fraudulent and worthless approved...

Becareful of fraudulent and worthless approved Alzheimers drugs. Here (https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/a-new-alzheimers-drug-has-been-approved-but-should-you-take-it-202106082483). Here...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Nov 2023, 22:46
Replies: 3
Views: 1,825
Posted By JimEli

Crash Course Coverup

NY Post article (https://nypost.pressreader.com/article/281702619452397)
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Nov 2023, 16:49
Replies: 10
Views: 1,805
Posted By JimEli

stuck K3 starter relay?

stuck K3 starter relay?
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Nov 2023, 12:29
Replies: 3
Views: 1,343
Posted By JimEli

A lifetime ago, 1950 Sir Richard Doll Report...

A lifetime ago, 1950 Sir Richard Doll Report (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)67047-X/fulltext) and Dr. Terry's 1964 Surgeon General Report...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Oct 2023, 14:36
Replies: 9
Views: 1,832
Posted By JimEli

IMHO, this would not necessarily result in an...

IMHO, this would not necessarily result in an immediate loss of control, but would be dependent upon the situation when loss of hydraulics occurred. One thing is for certain, there would have been an...
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