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Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Mar 2024, 22:49
Replies: 39
Views: 6,176
Posted By the coyote

Hopefully the use of the gangbar is just a...

Hopefully the use of the gangbar is just a reporting error, as I am astounded that the Captain (or any half competent pilot) would do this in IMC and remove all electrical power, and thus all...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Aug 2023, 12:58
Replies: 190
Views: 51,694
Posted By the coyote

I'm wondering the same, as it also wasn't in the...

I'm wondering the same, as it also wasn't in the distress call it seems.

I find it hard to believe that anyone, who knows that they have an uncontained fire on board, would not elect to land...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Apr 2023, 01:24
Replies: 29
Views: 6,563
Posted By the coyote

Even with NVIS these days my mantra regarding...

Even with NVIS these days my mantra regarding supplemental aircraft light is find a reason to turn it OFF, rather than ON. Get plenty of white light out there to illuminate wires, improve general...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Mar 2023, 22:41
Replies: 67
Views: 12,221
Posted By the coyote

Whilst technically at night, may as well be...

Whilst technically at night, may as well be logged as day given the amount of visual reference.
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Mar 2023, 02:28
Replies: 10
Views: 2,903
Posted By the coyote

Not that I disagree with you, but one well placed...

Not that I disagree with you, but one well placed 50 Cal in many different areas of just about any helicopter will have the same profound result.
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Feb 2023, 22:00
Replies: 7
Views: 2,312
Posted By the coyote

Exactly. I still, perhaps naively, hope common...

Exactly. I still, perhaps naively, hope common sense can prevail and that the spoonfed will maintain the capacity to think independently.

No harm in asking if you don't know the answer, but I am...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Jan 2023, 19:24
Replies: 23
Views: 6,237
Posted By the coyote

I agree, they are not getting shot at. To not...

I agree, they are not getting shot at.
To not pause briefly and make sure you are good for the sky before you go, I think is foolish and most probably reflects poor training.
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Oct 2022, 22:45
Replies: 150
Views: 34,663
Posted By the coyote

Absolutely agree. Kudos to the crew who did an...

Absolutely agree. Kudos to the crew who did an exceptional job in novel circumstances that none of us would have been trained for.
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Oct 2022, 23:23
Replies: 150
Views: 34,663
Posted By the coyote

We all train for a stuck collective and jammed...

We all train for a stuck collective and jammed controls, civil or military. The video shows straight and level flight prior to landing, which to me means there is a fair bit of collective pitch...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Oct 2022, 03:18
Replies: 150
Views: 34,663
Posted By the coyote

With no generators online at this stage of the...

With no generators online at this stage of the electrical fire/smoke checklist, switching BATTERY MASTER off instead of BATTERY MAIN will result in a complete lost of electrical power and cockpit...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Oct 2022, 02:02
Replies: 150
Views: 34,663
Posted By the coyote

The electrical fire/smoke checklist calls for...

The electrical fire/smoke checklist calls for switching GEN1 and GEN2 off and then BATTERY MAIN off. If you mistakenly switch off BATTERY MASTER instead of BATTERY MAIN at this point (and they are...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Oct 2022, 10:03
Replies: 150
Views: 34,663
Posted By the coyote

Surely they must have been able to reduce pitch...

Surely they must have been able to reduce pitch or they would almost certainly be dead from killing the engines at 200 feet. And if cycling the engine mode switches between idle and flight had an...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Oct 2022, 21:08
Replies: 150
Views: 34,663
Posted By the coyote

Perhaps both EEC's reverted to manual and the...

Perhaps both EEC's reverted to manual and the high side/s were a result of the pilot lowering collective without manually reducing engine power?
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Aug 2022, 03:25
Replies: 88
Views: 15,468
Posted By the coyote

Surely even SAR/EMS in the UK must abide by some...

Surely even SAR/EMS in the UK must abide by some kind of defined VMC minima?
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Apr 2022, 22:20
Replies: 57
Views: 16,600
Posted By the coyote

Departing the city for Ulupna (as reported), if...

Departing the city for Ulupna (as reported), if cloud base was an issue then it is a mystery to me why they chose to go via the hills rather than the Kilmore Gap, only a few miles to the west and...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Dec 2021, 10:52
Replies: 92
Views: 19,339
Posted By the coyote

Experience counts, there is no way around it. ...

Experience counts, there is no way around it. Just gain experience, and you will find it gets easier to say no AND to honor your responsibility to uphold the safety of those on board above anything...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th May 2021, 10:58
Replies: 134
Views: 15,713
Posted By the coyote

I personally think the risk of EOL training to...

I personally think the risk of EOL training to pavements (or airport grass even) is they are so forgiving, if the aircraft is not straight with forward speed at touchdown. This is obviously a good...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2020, 12:36
Replies: 548
Views: 512,753
Posted By the coyote

10 degrees nose down for 1 second on takeoff in...

10 degrees nose down for 1 second on takeoff in the 139 is a standard profile and should be so rehearsed to be second nature, and definitely no big deal in the dark.

As professional pilots in...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Dec 2019, 21:40
Replies: 38
Views: 17,822
Posted By the coyote

Never take your brain and common sense out of the...

Never take your brain and common sense out of the equation.
There's a rule mandating PC1 at some places, but there's also a rule saying thou shalt not cause damage or hazard with your downwash. Pick...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Dec 2019, 19:54
Replies: 38
Views: 17,822
Posted By the coyote

Well explained JimL. In our A139 HEMS...

Well explained JimL.

In our A139 HEMS operations, all the hospital landing sites that mandate PC1 are surveyed with the appropriate approach/departure tracks and (almost always variable)...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st May 2019, 11:01
Replies: 58
Views: 28,823
Posted By the coyote

A quick training technique is to get the student...

A quick training technique is to get the student to do complete pedal turns with only one foot on the pedals.
Forum: Rotorheads
29th May 2019, 12:06
Replies: 58
Views: 28,823
Posted By the coyote

Without casting any judgement on this incident, I...

Without casting any judgement on this incident, I think that the window when pilots are about 500-1500 hours is the most dangerous. Confidence is up, but you simply don't know what you don't know.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Apr 2019, 14:34
Replies: 12
Views: 4,912
Posted By the coyote

Transient limit is 106% for up to 10 seconds. ...

Transient limit is 106% for up to 10 seconds. Did it exceed that? Sometimes it might take a second or three to sort itself out. In older non-digital and non-verbal aircraft, it most likely wouldn't...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Mar 2019, 11:12
Replies: 13
Views: 2,689
Posted By the coyote

He or she who uses NVG and doesn't regularly have...

He or she who uses NVG and doesn't regularly have a look under them for such lighting is a fool...or poorly trained.
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Mar 2019, 03:02
Replies: 55
Views: 24,850
Posted By the coyote

No one is immune from human error. Those that...

No one is immune from human error. Those that have, and those that will if they do it for long enough.
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Mar 2019, 01:31
Replies: 46
Views: 16,790
Posted By the coyote

One can stretch the fuel a long way by shutting...

One can stretch the fuel a long way by shutting one engine down too.
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Dec 2017, 01:34
Replies: 33
Views: 13,243
Posted By the coyote

If you fly a black hole approach without absolute...

If you fly a black hole approach without absolute attention to the numbers then you are simply asking for trouble. In my view it is 10% eyeball and 90% instrument. Plot a distance to run/altitude...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Aug 2017, 04:28
Replies: 10
Views: 2,490
Posted By the coyote

I fail to understand why the pilot didn't roll...

I fail to understand why the pilot didn't roll the throttle off and cushion it onto the ground. Poor training I guess.
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Jun 2017, 03:29
Replies: 92
Views: 28,390
Posted By the coyote

He'd be buggered if that little screen went...

He'd be buggered if that little screen went black.....
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2017, 12:42
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,308,448
Posted By the coyote

Al-bert It refers to a generation of pilots...

Al-bert

It refers to a generation of pilots that have grown up using automation.

Youtube: Children of Magenta (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN41LvuSz10)

A presentation well worth watching...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Apr 2016, 21:00
Replies: 29
Views: 13,143
Posted By the coyote

Probably because they cost about as much as the...

Probably because they cost about as much as the aircraft don't they?
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Jan 2016, 11:14
Replies: 72
Views: 10,522
Posted By the coyote

Geoffersincornwall, I understand your dilemma. ...

Geoffersincornwall, I understand your dilemma. But I'll take going against the checklist over a good chance of flying into a mountain any day. Alarm bells ring for me if a pilot is letting the...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Jan 2016, 03:09
Replies: 72
Views: 10,522
Posted By the coyote

Of the 3 fire warnings in flight I have had, all...

Of the 3 fire warnings in flight I have had, all were found to be false indications from detector and wiring faults. Still I would have to find good reason not to act on a fire warning and shut it...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Mar 2015, 23:34
Replies: 282
Views: 87,393
Posted By the coyote

I am not questioning that the technique might or...

I am not questioning that the technique might or might not work.



I find that impossible to believe. Hawkeye0001, how long were you established in VRS for, and what was your ROD when you...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Dec 2013, 09:47
Replies: 11
Views: 2,921
Posted By the coyote

Well done. From an armchair critics view, I...

Well done. From an armchair critics view, I would have thought a different heading to give a good hover reference off the boom of the crane would have made it easier and safer, even if out of wind. ...
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