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Forum: Rotorheads
14th Mar 2003, 10:04
Replies: 39
Views: 17,561
Posted By Tail Bloater

Skeeter Pilot.......I knew Francis quite well,...

Skeeter Pilot.......I knew Francis quite well, having met him during several 'Exercises' in Germant and during other events.
Would you have a list of Skeeter pilots? If not, I'm sure the Museum...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Mar 2003, 15:26
Replies: 39
Views: 17,561
Posted By Tail Bloater

I am ex AAC and flew the Skeeter in Gutersloh,...

I am ex AAC and flew the Skeeter in Gutersloh, Germany for three years and 650 hours. Taking off on a warm day was difficult and the techniques learnt then have stood me in good stead for limited...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Mar 2003, 13:53
Replies: 6
Views: 2,514
Posted By Tail Bloater

With a limited experience on the EC130, I have...

With a limited experience on the EC130, I have the following questions;-
a. There was a CG problem, which implied that with a full cabin complement the CG was too far forward. How are you resolving...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Mar 2003, 13:50
Replies: 82
Views: 12,141
Posted By Tail Bloater

Dantruck;- Thanks for the sensible advice. You...

Dantruck;-
Thanks for the sensible advice. You must be a rare breed, one of only a small handful of journalists who think of the wider issue rather than the gutter press journalists who appear to...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Mar 2003, 10:57
Replies: 2
Views: 1,217
Posted By Tail Bloater

TB This thread is not about the R22. If...

TB

This thread is not about the R22.
If you'd like to repost your comments on one of the existing R22 threads you're welcome to do so. Try a 'Search' - there are lots of Robbo threads already....
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Mar 2003, 09:58
Replies: 7
Views: 1,879
Posted By Tail Bloater

I think that we are all aware that Newspapers are...

I think that we are all aware that Newspapers are irrisponsible and are not answerable for the articles that they write. Their aim is to make money from sensationalism at whatever cost to individuals...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Feb 2003, 13:13
Replies: 4
Views: 1,080
Posted By Tail Bloater

for Droopy, it would be entirely VIP transport...

for Droopy,
it would be entirely VIP transport for the maximum pax load and just crew on the positioning flights.

I was hoping to hear something about the Explorer. \any views on this modle as...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Feb 2003, 14:09
Replies: 99
Views: 12,410
Posted By Tail Bloater

Oh! Oh! Reading all the previous letters I...

Oh! Oh!

Reading all the previous letters I see that there are two fields of opinion, those in favour and those against, obviously.

For those who avoid making EOLs you could well be placed in...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Feb 2003, 13:22
Replies: 4
Views: 1,080
Posted By Tail Bloater

Twin choice

With a limited choice of 3 modles, EC135, Agusta A109E and MD920 . Which would you recommend and why given that range is more important than payload for transit, and when maximum passenger load is...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Feb 2003, 10:45
Replies: 96
Views: 19,840
Posted By Tail Bloater

Another nail in the coffin for the R22. I'm...

Another nail in the coffin for the R22.
I'm surprised that people want to fly it with all the problems that are associated with it's design.
Fit for purpose springs to mind and duty of care by the...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Feb 2003, 10:26
Replies: 19
Views: 1,395
Posted By Tail Bloater

Restating the obvious: Clean and 'polished'...

Restating the obvious:
Clean and 'polished' main and tail rotor blades will benefit lift. Clean compressor blades will benefit power.
In UK compressors should be washed after every flight as the...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jan 2003, 13:33
Replies: 37
Views: 4,215
Posted By Tail Bloater

OK if arming police rotay is not yet your ideal...

OK if arming police rotay is not yet your ideal it would however seem logical to provide some form of armour protection for the crew and vital organs of the helicopter as a safety consideration....
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jan 2003, 13:25
Replies: 14
Views: 1,408
Posted By Tail Bloater

Voodoo2 Slow turbulence ahead was an article in...

Voodoo2 Slow turbulence ahead was an article in the Flight Safety Bulletin Spring 1998 and covered the fixed wing and is worth a read if you can get hold of a copy.
For rotary wing the technique to...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2003, 11:48
Replies: 37
Views: 4,215
Posted By Tail Bloater

Arming police helicopters

If terrorism is on the increase, and this is most likely due to Bush/Blair attack Iraq which will be a recruiting drive for would be terrorists. Is it time that the police armed their helicopters to...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Dec 2002, 12:49
Replies: 144
Views: 28,957
Posted By Tail Bloater

490 nm on one tank of fuel = A119 Koala. Athens...

490 nm on one tank of fuel = A119 Koala.
Athens to Amsterdam with only two refuel stops. Not a record I know but that's what we did one day this year
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Dec 2002, 12:44
Replies: 43
Views: 10,573
Posted By Tail Bloater

I know of two instances of this situation. That...

I know of two instances of this situation. That you have given so little data for us to unravel the problem, I can only tell of these two 'tail rotor spins'.

Both occurred on the same airframe and...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Dec 2002, 15:33
Replies: 38
Views: 3,537
Posted By Tail Bloater

3 engine failures, two hydraulic failures,...

3 engine failures, two hydraulic failures, several chip lights (Allison), One engine fire and one where the front wheel fell off. ground resonance twice and a number of student inputs which required...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Dec 2002, 13:26
Replies: 26
Views: 2,485
Posted By Tail Bloater

Dear Idlestop and Shawn Coyle. And to everyone...

Dear Idlestop and Shawn Coyle.
And to everyone also.
The answer to the 'problem' is that there was/is a blockage in the Static system at the point before the static pipework splits to the Altimeter...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Dec 2002, 15:49
Replies: 380
Views: 106,548
Posted By Tail Bloater

This is not the first time that this subject has...

This is not the first time that this subject has been raised and I'm sure not the last.
In some respects the R22 has ended up as the trainer because it is the supposedly cheapest to operate out of...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Dec 2002, 13:21
Replies: 2
Views: 1,098
Posted By Tail Bloater

Tail Rotor Roll and lateral landing limits

The usual effects of Tail Rotor Roll (TRR) manifests itself as one skid low when hovering. Considering the lateral limits stated for landing on sloping ground I would like to know if TRR is a factor...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Dec 2002, 16:06
Replies: 17
Views: 1,889
Posted By Tail Bloater

I had 'nearly a fire'. It was in a Bell 47...

I had 'nearly a fire'. It was in a Bell 47 (Sioux) at Middle Wallop during training sortie that I was informed by another airbourne Sioux pilot that there was smoke emitting from my craft. I had no...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Dec 2002, 15:39
Replies: 26
Views: 6,947
Posted By Tail Bloater

One question comes to mind on the NOTAR v Tail...

One question comes to mind on the NOTAR v Tail rotor.
With a normal tail rotor and the Fenestron there is the possibility to get into VRS(tail rotor breakaway) Is this event possible with the...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Dec 2002, 13:45
Replies: 26
Views: 2,485
Posted By Tail Bloater

Thank you GLSNightPilot and Genghis for your...

Thank you GLSNightPilot and Genghis for your comments.

I have done 'calibrating flights' by flying on different headings and noting the differences and making due allowances for any observed wind...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Dec 2002, 13:14
Replies: 345
Views: 30,152
Posted By Tail Bloater

From memory the BIG problem for the V-22 when VRS...

From memory the BIG problem for the V-22 when VRS is encountered is that it can happen on one side and not on the other, and I remember that this was the complexity in one of the accidents causing an...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Dec 2002, 12:45
Replies: 26
Views: 2,485
Posted By Tail Bloater

For Shawn Coyle, idle stop and 212man. The...

For Shawn Coyle, idle stop and 212man.

The airspeed indicator has been checked, it was my first thought, and it checks out 'satis' and this is accepted as in forward, straight and level flight...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Dec 2002, 16:16
Replies: 3
Views: 757
Posted By Tail Bloater

Preparation for flight is not something to be...

Preparation for flight is not something to be done in 5 minutes. However lots of the data which you are likely to need during flight is right there in the flight manual and some deep study of fuel...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Dec 2002, 15:33
Replies: 26
Views: 2,485
Posted By Tail Bloater

How I was first alerted to a discrepancy was...

How I was first alerted to a discrepancy was during an autorotation. The IAS was suggesting a forward speed of about 35 KIAS, but the machine was acting as though it was in a zero airspeed...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Dec 2002, 15:06
Replies: 1,983
Views: 215,203
Posted By Tail Bloater

So we will gather from the preceeding discusions...

So we will gather from the preceeding discusions that what you realy want to train on is a 269, which for those who know, will know of course that it was built as a training helicopter for the US...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Dec 2002, 15:06
Replies: 2,217
Views: 300,466
Posted By Tail Bloater

So we will gather from the preceeding discusions...

So we will gather from the preceeding discusions that what you realy want to train on is a 269, which for those who know, will know of course that it was built as a training helicopter for the US...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Dec 2002, 12:39
Replies: 26
Views: 2,485
Posted By Tail Bloater

Performance Data at Indicated Airspeed

Over the past 18 months I have been conducting a personal investigation of the relationship of CLIMB Performance Data with regard to Indicated Airspeed (IAS). I have discovered that on the particular...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Dec 2002, 12:25
Replies: 26
Views: 6,947
Posted By Tail Bloater

Thanks to all of you that have replied to my...

Thanks to all of you that have replied to my inquiry.
I now get the picture that there are some very good reasons for the NOTAR and they seem to be
a. safety for persons around when rotors are...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Dec 2002, 12:03
Replies: 2,217
Views: 300,466
Posted By Tail Bloater

I have to agree with the majority opinion that...

I have to agree with the majority opinion that hydraulics are not needed on such a light helicopter. The stick forces are so light anyway, so what would the hydraulics be doing.
I dissagree with WB...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Dec 2002, 12:03
Replies: 1,983
Views: 215,203
Posted By Tail Bloater

I have to agree with the majority opinion that...

I have to agree with the majority opinion that hydraulics are not needed on such a light helicopter. The stick forces are so light anyway, so what would the hydraulics be doing.
I dissagree with WB...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Nov 2002, 15:44
Replies: 46
Views: 6,055
Posted By Tail Bloater

My suggestion to Mr McGregor goes roughly as...

My suggestion to Mr McGregor goes roughly as follows;-

Split Rule 5 into AEROPLANE and HELICOPTER

Rule 5 HELICOPTER

5. (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b)
(a) a...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Nov 2002, 13:03
Replies: 26
Views: 6,947
Posted By Tail Bloater

Wink my thanks to you all for the info. So...

my thanks to you all for the info.

So basically if I stay down hogging the oggin performance will be OK. Fuel burn will be awfully high and the MD900 series are not renoun for having plenty of...
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