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Forum: Rotorheads
13th Dec 2009, 23:37
Replies: 74
Views: 37,882
Posted By Doc Cameron

The boys done good!

1. Professional well trained crew.

2. Controlled ditching in the sea.

3. 18 pax and crew walk (swim) away with it.

Regardless of the initial cause, the crew did an excellent job and have...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Dec 2008, 05:32
Replies: 12
Views: 2,591
Posted By Doc Cameron

High impedance mic

CJ,

I have a David Clark H10-76XL which I used on older model S76's. I then had a friendly Greenie converted it to a High Impedance (Carbon) mic, which I used on the 76C+. It also works well on...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th May 2008, 13:32
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,098,461
Posted By Doc Cameron

Town Car!

I'm not sure I like the sound of dis very town car. I'd prefer the Merc and the chateau in France... Uh oh, someone already took that package!
Maybe I'll be content as Chuck's driver... Uh oh, on...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th May 2008, 15:01
Replies: 22
Views: 4,530
Posted By Doc Cameron

NOT I!

Choppertop... Nicely funny twist on the normal perspective.

Chucks... If such a calamity had befallen me, I would hope that the headline would have read something like: "David Cameron stepped...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Mar 2008, 15:24
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,098,461
Posted By Doc Cameron

Finalschecks, I have no recollection of...

Finalschecks,

I have no recollection of drunken nights at the BRC, multiple No17's, bush hut, any house called 46 etc...

Chucks,

What! Just because I threw away some dusty files (pilots who...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Feb 2008, 12:58
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,098,461
Posted By Doc Cameron

Job prospects

Bennyjoha,

As long as you have two arms equipped with hands (not absolutely necessary), two foot adorned legs (not really essential), some semblance of a licence (tear-off vouchers for most...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Feb 2008, 10:22
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,098,461
Posted By Doc Cameron

Chucks - That mystery masked bandit!

My dear fellow, how short your memory, how long your pants... I seem to recall a certain 'Planker' driving me around the skies over Lagos Lagoon, being quite impressed by all the...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Feb 2008, 12:22
Replies: 2,002
Views: 662,441
Posted By Doc Cameron

Albatross, I know that Sikorsky have been...

Albatross,

I know that Sikorsky have been investigating Air-stair door mods. We have had a couple crack (on the Fwd shoulder of the Fwd hinge). There is speculation that this may be cycle...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Feb 2008, 08:43
Replies: 21
Views: 2,621
Posted By Doc Cameron

TTT, well spotted, it made me giggle though!

TTT, well spotted, it made me giggle though!
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Feb 2008, 08:38
Replies: 2,002
Views: 662,441
Posted By Doc Cameron

Fat... I'll certainly have some of that action,...

Fat... I'll certainly have some of that action, I hope you're really rich!



I'm afraid that you are assuming rather a lot here. The genny may or may not be a red herring (though granted there...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Feb 2008, 05:48
Replies: 2,002
Views: 662,441
Posted By Doc Cameron

My dear chap...

212 - A pleasure, In fact I was so confident that I was in the best of hands - I was reading the Borneo Bulletin for the last 5 minutes. Next time I promise not to bring out the pack of licquorice...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Feb 2008, 06:35
Replies: 2,002
Views: 662,441
Posted By Doc Cameron

Malabo: 200', plus short line 30', plus...

Malabo:

200', plus short line 30', plus specialist strop. All told ±260' inc S92


15,200lbs-15,800lbs.


20,000lbs hook max, morning lift so 28° I would be guessing but quite near max mass...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Jan 2008, 13:39
Replies: 2,002
Views: 662,441
Posted By Doc Cameron

Modesty

What 212 was too modest to tell you; is how he managed to bravely steer the limping machine away from the primary school, packed with little kiddy-winks! :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
17th May 2007, 08:58
Replies: 5
Views: 1,490
Posted By Doc Cameron

Hi, I had to convert my DC headset to a 'high...

Hi, I had to convert my DC headset to a 'high Impedance' Mic to work with the C+ (friendly greenie just unplugged the Mic and swapped it over, using a split-pin as a retainer).

Doc
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Jan 2007, 01:27
Replies: 13
Views: 2,192
Posted By Doc Cameron

Redundancy?

Surely DGPS is the way to go if you need redundancy and corrections to your Sat based system...

And no SAS the two GPS receivers in your car don't count as 'differential'.
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Dec 2006, 17:26
Replies: 8
Views: 1,304
Posted By Doc Cameron

I humbly submit that I don't like any of Charlies...

I humbly submit that I don't like any of Charlies suggestions, as the crux of this is: The engine lever will not move in mixed mode, but will move freely in full manual (DECU commanded stepper...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Dec 2006, 21:07
Replies: 8
Views: 1,304
Posted By Doc Cameron

Cpt

Hi, interesting point, and one we encountered in different circumstances: When we changed to the 'new software' DECU's last year, the same thing manifested itself (but engines not running, battery...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Dec 2006, 02:33
Replies: 115
Views: 54,507
Posted By Doc Cameron

Bravo73

Though I wouldn't normally leap to the defense of Mr Lappos; I think there may have been a tongue firmly planted in his cheek!

Best pilot: Gary Patterson - some may question this view, still the...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Oct 2006, 20:06
Replies: 45
Views: 13,230
Posted By Doc Cameron

Controller

You must maintain the disc horizontal to the deck - so no, don't chase against the deck pitching or rolling. A multitude of reasons for this!

Having spent a week in the sim doing this excercise...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Sep 2006, 13:56
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,098,461
Posted By Doc Cameron

Pilot exchange

CHC&Proud,

One of your proposals has sound foundation: Until just a few years there was free flow of pilots between European and Nigerian operations, it wasn't necessarily fair or equitable, but...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Sep 2006, 13:36
Replies: 2,002
Views: 662,441
Posted By Doc Cameron

hey you - get offa my cloud

Having seen a plethora of comments concerning 76's, 212's, 214's, 61's 332 and more... Don't any of you guys read the thread title? It says for those reading in a Braille world: "S-92".

You have...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Sep 2006, 19:17
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,098,461
Posted By Doc Cameron

Dear Mr Chucks

I'm still frantically trying to work-out your real identity from your cunning nom de plume.
Yes you tell a good story; so real is the image in my minds-eye that I have this picture of a thin...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Sep 2006, 19:13
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,098,461
Posted By Doc Cameron

In Defense of TOD

212 man, with respect to my learned brothers. The origins of 'up' and 'Down' as in: "Going up to London for the weekend", are thought to originate from the the days of laying the railway line. ...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Sep 2006, 20:03
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,098,461
Posted By Doc Cameron

Awww I'm touched!

Shucks chaps, I'll start blushing next. Though I know many of your 'handles', there are many more that I don't. Thanks for any kind words. As unaccustomed to public speaking as I am...

I may...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Aug 2006, 21:19
Replies: 2,002
Views: 662,441
Posted By Doc Cameron

Thridle Op Des

I am surprised that you remember that far back... Are you sure that wasn't a pterodactyl flapping across the Horley skyline!
It is odd that an unbearably loud, unsociable noise to some, is the...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Jul 2006, 21:06
Replies: 1,327
Views: 373,646
Posted By Doc Cameron

Oh Well

Deary me, it seems I have killed the thread, just as it was getting interesting! I do think it a shame that no-one, with developmental knowledge, has a view.
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jul 2006, 21:37
Replies: 2,002
Views: 662,441
Posted By Doc Cameron

212 Man

Did that require a quick flurry in the RFM (ooh missus!) or was the CC good enough?
On a serious note... How is the RFM? As good as the C+'s (in my humble estimation; the best RFM yet written)?...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jul 2006, 08:36
Replies: 1,327
Views: 373,646
Posted By Doc Cameron

Mr Lappos

Let me firstly make an unequivocal statement: Pilots and organisations should not make up their own procedure, where there is already a laid-down procedure within the RFM/Ops manual/EOP NOP (which...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jul 2006, 22:48
Replies: 102
Views: 37,001
Posted By Doc Cameron

Ned

I for one hadn't seen it, so thanks for the intro... Hell of a first solo!
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jul 2006, 22:18
Replies: 1,327
Views: 373,646
Posted By Doc Cameron

SG76

Your logic is sound, but... Slightly missing the point; if you have intermittent fuel feed, there is no difference between what you're going to be able to achieve whether in Auto, Mixed mode or...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jul 2006, 20:51
Replies: 2,002
Views: 662,441
Posted By Doc Cameron

Max

My, my you are a sensitive soul! I did think that you Southern Cross boys were made of sterner stuff! This does not bode well for your success on the rugby pitch. Don't feel too sorry for...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jul 2006, 23:07
Replies: 1,327
Views: 373,646
Posted By Doc Cameron

You're up late... If I defined FADEC you'd only...

You're up late... If I defined FADEC you'd only want one! Just keep waggling everything and hope it comes good!
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jul 2006, 22:50
Replies: 2,002
Views: 662,441
Posted By Doc Cameron

I've yet to find an Australian who can fly...

I've yet to find an Australian who can fly anything more complex than a Bell 47 (preferably with a competent pilot to hold the controls and help translate the flight manual from the original...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jul 2006, 22:42
Replies: 1,327
Views: 373,646
Posted By Doc Cameron

212 Man. I guess you have full fandy-dandy...

212 Man.

I guess you have full fandy-dandy FADEC on your shiny S-92... Nothing could possibly go wrong, go wrong, go wrong...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jul 2006, 08:01
Replies: 1,327
Views: 373,646
Posted By Doc Cameron

S76 C+ Engine Oscillations

Why do Sikorsky insist on using 'mixed mode' initially, for dealing with engine oscillations?
It would seem obvious to immediately utilise the manual reversion switch. If you have identified the...
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