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Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
28th Oct 2023, 11:42
Replies: 8
Views: 1,877
Posted By bryancobb

I was 2 weeks from graduating Army Flight school...

I was 2 weeks from graduating Army Flight school in 1987. My wife decided she could not see herself married to a guy who was married to flying. She split and I mentally crashed and attempted suicide....
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Dec 2022, 20:40
Replies: 265
Views: 51,782
Posted By bryancobb

Sik/Lok 's performance on the CH-53K so far, is...

Sik/Lok 's performance on the CH-53K so far, is just embarrassing! That probably played a large role in the decision.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Dec 2022, 15:53
Replies: 298
Views: 181,764
Posted By bryancobb

ATL93FA061A NTSB FATAL MIDAIR FEB 1993. ...

ATL93FA061A NTSB FATAL MIDAIR FEB 1993.

DAY/VFR/POSITIVE CONTROL AIRSPACE/EXPERIENCED AVIATORS/EVERY AIRCREW MEMBER WAS AWARE OF ALL THE AIRCRAFT WITHIN AIRPORT TRAFFIC AREA....... PILOT DOES...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Nov 2022, 19:23
Replies: 298
Views: 181,764
Posted By bryancobb

My Confusion

I flew with the Texas Raiders on that B-17 in Rome, GA a couple of years ago and that really makes me want to understand the cause.

Question: Why is a double-teardrop parade that places aircraft...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jun 2021, 16:14
Replies: 0
Views: 715
Posted By bryancobb

CH-53K Progress

If anyone here is closely connected to the CH-53K program, how is it progressing? Is Sikorsky/Lockheed keeping up with Navy/Marine Corps expectations? Is the machine flying pretty well?
I'd like...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Apr 2020, 11:15
Replies: 0
Views: 1,350
Posted By bryancobb

Blackhawk Drivers and Icing

To those who fly UH-60's...If you have encountered icing conditions in flight and activated the rotor ice protection system...

How well did it work?
Do you know of any instances where T/T...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Apr 2020, 09:54
Replies: 115
Views: 26,617
Posted By bryancobb

Well THIS 34 year helicopter guy (87-17 Royal...

Well THIS 34 year helicopter guy (87-17 Royal Blue Ft. Rucker) will continue to refer to the rotors as propellers
sometimes, as well as air-pumps, egg-beaters, paddles that thump the air, a "a big...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Apr 2020, 12:45
Replies: 115
Views: 26,617
Posted By bryancobb

If your springy-thingy is wound too tightly to...

If your springy-thingy is wound too tightly to accept my characterization, then you are part of the reason beginners have a tough time understanding helicopter rotors, their design features, how they...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Apr 2020, 12:24
Replies: 115
Views: 26,617
Posted By bryancobb

A Tail Rotor is in fact a vertical propeller that...

A Tail Rotor is in fact a vertical propeller that produces horizontal thrust. A Main Rotor is in fact a horizontal propeller that produces vertical trust. If you are wound too tightly to accept...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Apr 2020, 01:12
Replies: 115
Views: 26,617
Posted By bryancobb

Regardless of direction of rotation... ...

Regardless of direction of rotation...
Regardless how high or low the TR output shaft is...
Regardless of how passengers are arranged...

ALL SINGLE ROTOR HELICOPTERS have a vertical propeller...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jan 2020, 23:43
Replies: 756
Views: 899,238
Posted By bryancobb

OMGGGG! And you can do that at 150kts headed...

OMGGGG! And you can do that at 150kts headed straight into a funnel where rising terrain converges up to the cloud bases and you know there's Earth in the cloud ahead that you are about to climb...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Mar 2019, 09:57
Replies: 119
Views: 49,901
Posted By bryancobb

I remember the "supercooled water droplets" and...

I remember the "supercooled water droplets" and "condensation nuclei" questions but have never had any experiences related to it.
It was wayyy back in my head-noodle. I would guess it's pretty hard...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Mar 2019, 02:29
Replies: 119
Views: 49,901
Posted By bryancobb

Well... I guess I'm just allowing my ignorance to...

Well... I guess I'm just allowing my ignorance to shine brightly. ;) Just a very lower-48 kind of guy.
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Mar 2019, 21:54
Replies: 119
Views: 49,901
Posted By bryancobb

That wouldn't make any sense for foggy...

That wouldn't make any sense for foggy conditions. It must be a typo. If it was 21 DegF outside, all moisture would have fallen as
frost already and the humidity would be ZERO. If the temperature...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Mar 2019, 13:56
Replies: 119
Views: 49,901
Posted By bryancobb

The Temperature/Dewpoint was 6C/10C ( 42.8...

The Temperature/Dewpoint was 6C/10C ( 42.8 DegF/50.0 DegF).

The current Temperature/Dewpoint SPREAD was 7.2 Deg in the NEGATIVE direction, well B E L O W the temperature at which the air would...
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