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Forum: Rotorheads
17th Feb 2013, 21:48
Replies: 40
Views: 24,856
Posted By ron-powell

>..pitch plane coupling or something like that. ...

>..pitch plane coupling or something like that.

Are you going for "pitch cone coupling"?

Operators Manual: Army Model AH-1S (MOD) Helicopter - Google Books...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Mar 2012, 14:14
Replies: 11
Views: 5,017
Posted By ron-powell

Thanks guys. Even better from the passenger...

Thanks guys.

Even better from the passenger perspective.
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Mar 2012, 02:03
Replies: 11
Views: 5,017
Posted By ron-powell

Hiller incident

Hello:
I was trading stories with another pilot just yesterday and I related to him an incident I read about in Reader’s Digest about 20 years ago in the Northwestern U.S. about a Hiller that had...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Jul 2011, 18:04
Replies: 1,701
Views: 471,124
Posted By ron-powell

>My Gawd Mi'Lord! I take back everthing I ever...

>My Gawd Mi'Lord! I take back everthing I ever said about the unjustly maligned Osprey!

>Any aircraft that can carry 2033 pounds of cargo and 48.42 passengers (most of which were wearing combat...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Nov 2009, 01:31
Replies: 4
Views: 3,046
Posted By ron-powell

About half way between Reno to Honey Lake. ...

About half way between Reno to Honey Lake.

http://www.rgj.com/article/20091114/NEWS/91114009/1018/SPORTS/Helicopter-crashes-this-morning-northwest-of-Reno-after-dropping-off-patient-3-dead
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Dec 2008, 18:24
Replies: 227
Views: 54,047
Posted By ron-powell

Gordy:Have you ever noticed that those who are...

Gordy:Have you ever noticed that those who are late are normally happier than those who are waiting for them? Hmmmm.. very philosophical...

Yes, they very well may be happier.

I have a...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Oct 2008, 23:51
Replies: 21
Views: 3,036
Posted By ron-powell

>Given the number of little plastic toys on the...

>Given the number of little plastic toys on the market that share this very design feature, I'm guessing that a number of aeronautical engineers have examined and discarded this design on multiple...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Oct 2008, 13:55
Replies: 19
Views: 2,902
Posted By ron-powell

Flying a plain vanilla Bell 206L-1 through lunch...

Flying a plain vanilla Bell 206L-1 through lunch one day in the GoM, called ahead to the platform and asked for a sandwich or something.

Cook's helper brought up a bowl of soup.........
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Oct 2008, 02:53
Replies: 50
Views: 7,054
Posted By ron-powell

I’ll digress for a moment. This year in U.S....

I’ll digress for a moment. This year in U.S. HEMS:

Wisconsin – fatal at night
Texas – fatal at night
Arizona – brownout at night, lucky to be alive
Arizona – fatal midair in broad daylight...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2008, 01:38
Replies: 21
Views: 5,158
Posted By ron-powell

>D49: If you check the RFM, you'll find...

>D49: If you check the RFM, you'll find Eurocopter's EMS supplement has a standard, approved stations for patients, 69.68" in English units for the lower stretcher.

Hey, getting any rain?

The...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Aug 2008, 14:33
Replies: 21
Views: 5,158
Posted By ron-powell

First thanks for the insights and thought...

First thanks for the insights and thought provoking secondary questions.

This is mostly an academic discussion because we really do not run into this problem that often. More of a situation to...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Aug 2008, 22:59
Replies: 21
Views: 5,158
Posted By ron-powell

C.G. issue, Ambulance AS350

Guys and Gals:

I need some deep end of the pool technical help here.

Our Astar has a stretcher system which allows fore and aft movement. When loaded in the aircraft, the patient stretcher...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Jul 2008, 15:40
Replies: 13
Views: 2,460
Posted By ron-powell

Re the video: Where's the low/negative G? ...

Re the video:

Where's the low/negative G?

This appears to be a loss of control issue, mechanical or otherwise.
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jun 2008, 14:25
Replies: 92
Views: 9,457
Posted By ron-powell

Zalt: You beat me to it. Air Evac...

Zalt:

You beat me to it.

Air Evac helicopter crashes near Prescott, crew OK - Phoenix Arizona news, breaking news, local news, weather radar, traffic from ABC15 News | ABC15.com...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Jun 2008, 17:14
Replies: 28
Views: 6,531
Posted By ron-powell

Shawn: >Did the pilot report this? NASA's ASRS...

Shawn:
>Did the pilot report this? NASA's ASRS is an ideal place to let this get known.

There was an internal investigation. Incidents such as this are taken seriously by both the aviation and...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Jun 2008, 23:28
Replies: 28
Views: 6,531
Posted By ron-powell

BP said: If you are going to have problems with...

BP said: If you are going to have problems with TR authority it will be at the higher altitudes with high weight, it will happen.

EB said: Blenderpilot, your input is interesting. Could you tell...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Feb 2008, 18:43
Replies: 36
Views: 8,836
Posted By ron-powell

I have to say the hydraulics system on the AS350...

I have to say the hydraulics system on the AS350 is the thing I least like about it.

I have encountered numerous instances of feedback in the controls while in mountain turbulence and "frozen"...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Jan 2008, 04:16
Replies: 31
Views: 6,331
Posted By ron-powell

Hey there Airwon: >A pilot statement in an...

Hey there Airwon:
>A pilot statement in an accident report doesn't make it gospel.
Absolutely. Of course the subsequent accident investigation revealed that the aircraft throttle was mis-aligned,...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Jan 2008, 19:36
Replies: 54
Views: 6,404
Posted By ron-powell

Tip of the hat to Gomer Pylot for getting to the...

Tip of the hat to Gomer Pylot for getting to the meat of the EMS end of this.
I consider a radalt a primary flight instrument. If you’re working for a company that doesn’t have them installed in...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Jan 2008, 18:21
Replies: 31
Views: 6,331
Posted By ron-powell

Tommy1954: NTSB-DENO2LA010, REG.N119RX, DATE...

Tommy1954: NTSB-DENO2LA010, REG.N119RX, DATE 11/09/2001
This is the one.

Agaricus bisporus: Why always assume some vanishingly unlikely technical reason?

And what exactly did you assume here?...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jan 2008, 22:46
Replies: 31
Views: 6,331
Posted By ron-powell

A little more info: NTSB Accident report...

A little more info:

NTSB Accident report (http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=DEN05FA103&rpt=fa)

FAA accident report: DEN02LA010

This report points to a mis-rigged throttle instead of...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jan 2008, 22:31
Replies: 31
Views: 6,331
Posted By ron-powell

Seems I remember an EMS flight program in Utah...

Seems I remember an EMS flight program in Utah with a new Koala.

And if I also remember correctly it was a fuel control problem with the Pratt. The pilot pulled at the bottom and the engine failed...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Aug 2007, 23:34
Replies: 40
Views: 6,089
Posted By ron-powell

Hello H: I believe the idea is already out...

Hello H:
I believe the idea is already out there, a Sikorsky design.

The blade is hollow with a threaded rod running from blade grip to tip. Only the outer section of the blade is attached to...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jul 2007, 03:45
Replies: 14
Views: 3,077
Posted By ron-powell

Mr. Coyle: >If I can take Nick's comments one...

Mr. Coyle:
>If I can take Nick's comments one step further - where are the approaches to a 50' hover that were demonstrated far too many years ago?
I guess my question to you is how much actual...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jun 2007, 14:56
Replies: 0
Views: 668
Posted By ron-powell

Piasecki Team Celebrates VTDP First Flight

Rotorhub is reporting the above.
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Dec 2006, 21:21
Replies: 17
Views: 2,086
Posted By ron-powell

D49: I guess my first question is why would...

D49:
I guess my first question is why would someone want a 16 day rotation? This means every time the cycle resumes, it starts on a different day of the week. Seems like to me breaking up a 14 day...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Nov 2006, 20:16
Replies: 66
Views: 16,807
Posted By ron-powell

GLS-NP is absolutely correct when he says the...

GLS-NP is absolutely correct when he says the dispatchers have to be paying attention. When it worked for us, it went like this:

PHI had an Astar crash in New Mexico and the dispatchers actually...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Oct 2006, 20:48
Replies: 436
Views: 78,179
Posted By ron-powell

http://www.theind.com/news2.asp?CID=-1930746694 ...

http://www.theind.com/news2.asp?CID=-1930746694

I find paragraph #8 interesting. Of course, it could simply be more union propaganda.
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Oct 2006, 17:02
Replies: 436
Views: 78,179
Posted By ron-powell

Industry Insider misquotes me by saying: “Ron...

Industry Insider misquotes me by saying:
“Ron Powell has no accurate information about flight completions because the "union member who was compiling that information went back to work"
The flight...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Oct 2006, 17:53
Replies: 436
Views: 78,179
Posted By ron-powell

OK, so I guess there are four groups working...

OK, so I guess there are four groups working within this thread: always pro-union, always anti-union, disseminators of pro-union information and disseminators of anti-union info.
As Gomerpilot and...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Oct 2006, 13:44
Replies: 436
Views: 78,179
Posted By ron-powell

Morning DT: “Phi hiring like crazy?” ...

Morning DT:

“Phi hiring like crazy?”

Where are these pilots coming from?

U.S.military on a stop loss. PHI only offering about $1000/yr above Air Methods for VFR EMS pilots and about...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Oct 2006, 22:40
Replies: 436
Views: 78,179
Posted By ron-powell

Yeah, no doubt airlines have taken a hit along...

Yeah, no doubt airlines have taken a hit along with their pilots. But then, I guess it's just who you work for flying big iron.

http://www.dmnews.com/cms/dm-news/direct-mail/38109.html

Nice 8...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Oct 2006, 16:58
Replies: 436
Views: 78,179
Posted By ron-powell

DT: Now I'm not saying this is the case with...

DT:

Now I'm not saying this is the case with your reported SK guy, but it kind of reminds me of "sheep dipping". Air force guy resigns from AF. Hires on with CIA proprietary. Does the deal. ...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Sep 2006, 23:04
Replies: 67
Views: 8,363
Posted By ron-powell

SAS and BSousa: 1976 Rolex GMT Master. ...

SAS and BSousa:

1976 Rolex GMT Master. Turned 30 in May. Looses about 15 seconds a month. Not too bad.

Won't own anything else.

Ron Powell
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Sep 2006, 21:52
Replies: 436
Views: 78,179
Posted By ron-powell

http://klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5460220 ...

http://klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5460220
September 26, 2006
PHI Strike Announcement Expected in the Next Few Days
PHI says there could be an announcement about the strike within the next few...
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