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Forum: Rotorheads
28th Apr 2017, 16:01
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,309,397
Posted By louisnewmark

Yep, I completely agree with Crab's last post. ...

Yep, I completely agree with Crab's last post. The crew made some errors - some fundamental, some minor, doubtless some as yet unreported - but certainly wouldn't have done so either deliberately or...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Apr 2017, 10:24
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,309,397
Posted By louisnewmark

Learner001: definitely no need to apologise for...

Learner001: definitely no need to apologise for any part of your post; I think it's quite insightful and more than a few readers are likely to be in agreement.
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Apr 2017, 22:10
Replies: 10
Views: 2,730
Posted By louisnewmark

Brilliant: a spook in an historic Royal Navy...

Brilliant: a spook in an historic Royal Navy helicopter that wears a hat "symbolic of the RAF", and a Whirlwind that is "40 or 50 tons of metal". Genius. Some people are made for comedy. Daily...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Apr 2017, 21:50
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,309,397
Posted By louisnewmark

Crab - reaction to crew: I think that is a key...

Crab - reaction to crew: I think that is a key point. The PF's reaction was (in hindsight) inappropriately slow, and the last chance of preventing the accident appears to have been missed. Big...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Apr 2017, 21:47
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,309,397
Posted By louisnewmark

DDW, I am in total agreement with you. Don't...

DDW, I am in total agreement with you. Don't worry about the flak. It seems very likely to me that the crew expected the obstruction to be low enough for them not to bump into it - although I'm not...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Apr 2017, 09:04
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,309,397
Posted By louisnewmark

"As long as HDG is coupled to the flight...

"As long as HDG is coupled to the flight director, heading may be altered by rotating a knob on the RIC - a small panel on the pedestal, and by pressing either cyclic coolie hat. At low speeds in SAR...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Apr 2017, 05:20
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,309,397
Posted By louisnewmark

"My advice is that the PF is the copilot whilst...

"My advice is that the PF is the copilot whilst the PIC remains as PM and can exercise his PIC responsibilities more effectively. This closely follows the principles of a 'monitored approach'...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Apr 2017, 17:21
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,309,397
Posted By louisnewmark

Geoffers - cyclic trim controls the hdg bug (in...

Geoffers - cyclic trim controls the hdg bug (in HDG mode) in the S-92 also. I think that's what the PF intended to use.

PS - Very good point about the flat cross-cockpit gradient.
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Apr 2017, 16:42
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,309,397
Posted By louisnewmark

Lots of good points, DB, but it seems to me that...

Lots of good points, DB, but it seems to me that there were a lot of other factors contributing to the crew's apparent loss of SA. For example, a) nobody is at their sharpest at 2:00am, b) they flew...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Apr 2017, 15:11
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,309,397
Posted By louisnewmark

DB, I absolutely agree that it's basic common...

DB, I absolutely agree that it's basic common sense and any of my colleagues would agree - yet, for perhaps a number of reasons, it seems to have happened here.

Apologies if my previous post...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Apr 2017, 13:02
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,309,397
Posted By louisnewmark

I consider myself (and my employer considers me)...

I consider myself (and my employer considers me) to be a well-trained radar operator who routinely carries out radar approaches to moving shipping, fixed offshore structures, coastal locations and in...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Apr 2017, 18:36
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,309,397
Posted By louisnewmark

Those who are arguing for a dedicated radar...

Those who are arguing for a dedicated radar operator are - or rather were - very capable military SAR operators. Unfortunately, they also have no experience of genuine SAR in a modern civilian...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Apr 2017, 20:23
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,309,397
Posted By louisnewmark

Al-Bert: I hear you regarding kit complexity vs...

Al-Bert: I hear you regarding kit complexity vs capability, but I also know that you have not operated a modern SAR aircraft with all that 'complexity' to be able to make a fair comparison. What it...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Dec 2014, 10:16
Replies: 2,913
Views: 970,116
Posted By louisnewmark

Thumbs up The point that I'm trying to make, probably...

The point that I'm trying to make, probably rather clumsily, is this: new types/technologies can provide new solutions/procedures to old problems.

For the night ejectee scenario on a flat-calm...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Dec 2014, 09:08
Replies: 2,913
Views: 970,116
Posted By louisnewmark

"Years and years and years of experience." ...

"Years and years and years of experience."

Yes, for which I have a great deal of respect....but most of those years were spent on Sea Kings.

Thanks for the concise explanation, Crab; I...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Dec 2014, 22:01
Replies: 2,913
Views: 970,116
Posted By louisnewmark

Sorry Crab, but why are you so insistent that the...

Sorry Crab, but why are you so insistent that the best service for the winchman and survivor in calm winds and high hover is provided by a winch op using 'hover trim', rather than by the pilot using...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Dec 2014, 10:19
Replies: 2,913
Views: 970,116
Posted By louisnewmark

Crab, I'm intrigued on two counts: Firstly,...

Crab, I'm intrigued on two counts:

Firstly, regarding the non-applicability of TUPE: surely, as long as their current employer was prepared to release them - possible sticking point there - mil...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jul 2012, 20:50
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,821
Posted By louisnewmark

...and no joint customer without any formal...

...and no joint customer without any formal interest in UK SAR, and no 'essential customer requirement' that has no benefit for the SAR service, and no last-minute fundamental (re)moving of...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th May 2012, 18:52
Replies: 289
Views: 110,454
Posted By louisnewmark

Yep, absolutely agreed - that's pretty much what...

Yep, absolutely agreed - that's pretty much what I meant by 'the safest place possible'.

Louis
Forum: Rotorheads
10th May 2012, 17:51
Replies: 289
Views: 110,454
Posted By louisnewmark

30 min 'run dry' time doesn't mean that you can...

30 min 'run dry' time doesn't mean that you can run for thirty minutes without MRGB oil before landing; it means (IMHO) that you should consider that you have 30 mins max to effect a landing in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2012, 08:11
Replies: 32
Views: 9,160
Posted By louisnewmark

Not sure that the RAF's Heath-Robinson emergency...

Not sure that the RAF's Heath-Robinson emergency electrical hoist would have been viable in this situation - a snagged hook, heavily loaded, might well have compromised the integrity of the hoist...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Mar 2012, 10:16
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,821
Posted By louisnewmark

Child of Ptolemy - Check PMs.

Child of Ptolemy - Check PMs.
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Feb 2012, 17:11
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,821
Posted By louisnewmark

JimF - got your PM, thanks - appreciated. Soz,...

JimF - got your PM, thanks - appreciated. Soz, for some reason I can't reply to PMs at the moment, despite trying on 2 PCs!
Louis
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Feb 2012, 16:15
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,821
Posted By louisnewmark

WT, don't bite! There's already a SAR radar...

WT, don't bite! There's already a SAR radar discussion thread from a few months ago that had a few useful comments in and among the sniping; please (I say again) PLEASE don't let this one degenerate...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Feb 2012, 12:42
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,821
Posted By louisnewmark

No - stop. Don't, DON'T let's have to put up...

No - stop. Don't, DON'T let's have to put up with yet another round of radar willy-waving. Please.

The ideal scenario would be to have a group of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who have...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Jan 2012, 13:18
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,821
Posted By louisnewmark

Yup, to me a TLA is a 3 Ltr Abbrvn. Back to...

Yup, to me a TLA is a 3 Ltr Abbrvn.

Back to the thread...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jan 2012, 17:12
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,821
Posted By louisnewmark

TLAs

Swampqueen:

NVD = Night Vision Device

PQQ = Pre Qualification Questionnaire

OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer

HMG = Her Majesty's Government
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jan 2012, 19:59
Replies: 17
Views: 3,278
Posted By louisnewmark

This is a great thread starter, Peter. First...

This is a great thread starter, Peter.
First and foremost, though:



Look at what you can do now that you couldn't ten flying hours ago - yes, there are challenges, but you've proven to...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2012, 16:26
Replies: 21
Views: 8,426
Posted By louisnewmark

Nl_lynx, If the handling pilot can see the...

Nl_lynx,

If the handling pilot can see the deck with sufficient references to hover accurately, why would you want to use hover / winchman trim? Just because it is there doesn't mean you have to...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Nov 2011, 22:13
Replies: 177
Views: 35,326
Posted By louisnewmark

Thread creep?

Some good stuff coming out here (esp Inputshaft's healthy dose of straightforward reality!), but how on earth did 'Prince William to Become a SAR Driver' degenerate into an argument about a single...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jul 2011, 21:15
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,821
Posted By louisnewmark

As deplorable as the company-proposed response...

As deplorable as the company-proposed response might have been, they will only have been providing what the customer required. If the customer only wants a big hook dangling under a Bell 47, and...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Jun 2011, 20:26
Replies: 47
Views: 9,758
Posted By louisnewmark

(Pssst...haven't you realised yet? I bet he's...

(Pssst...haven't you realised yet? I bet he's giggling to himself at your reactions!)

Crab: nicely slipped in there! :ok:

Louis
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Jun 2011, 14:29
Replies: 47
Views: 9,758
Posted By louisnewmark

... and backing in 'blind' from the 'first hover'...

... and backing in 'blind' from the 'first hover' position isn't a black art either, as long as you've previously mapped & checked the area with radar and are fairly sure that vessels which don't...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2011, 15:14
Replies: 35
Views: 6,029
Posted By louisnewmark

Uncontrolled tool? Cobblers! Look at any helo...

Uncontrolled tool? Cobblers! Look at any helo aircrew - do all the pens / pencils / chinagraphs etc also count as 'uncontrolled tools'? If they did then virtually every mil helo would be grounded...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Nov 2010, 16:09
Replies: 31
Views: 5,758
Posted By louisnewmark

Fair question, simondlh. Air ambulance...

Fair question, simondlh.

Air ambulance helos in the UK are almost exclusively the smallest, and therefore cheapest, types that meet the CAA's requirements ie light twins such as the EC135 and...
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