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Reply With QuoteI am sure he is a Telvision Channel Heli Pilot.
I was just sent this pic. It was taken in an Afghan town during a rescue mission for wounded U.S./Allied soldiers. The pilot (reservist) normally flies very small commercial helo for a living. Now thats good piloting under pressure.
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I am sure he is a Telvision Channel Heli Pilot.
That is awesome, kudos to him for risking his tail (literally) like that to get his comrades out of dodge!
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iirc that move was first tryed in vetnam.
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It`s called an aft gear landing I think. Common Chinook fare. Here are some more including "pinnacle landings"....Looks spectacular, those RW folk have mad skillz!
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Love it!!
Man I can't wait to fly! Got to fly a helicopter last year and fell in love.
Hovering is very difficult, for a rookie anyway.
wish i could do that
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Hovering is difficult for a beginner, but once you have mastered that the rest is easy. I learned on a Hiller 12B and found great difficulty in hovering over Hampshire, much less that patch of the airfield that contained the 'nursery' siteOriginally Posted by Expat Canuck
It can be so frustrating, but after a while it becomes second nature. A figure eight (8)b course is good for practise especially in the wind. You hover taxy around that keeping the rotor mast over the line, first forwards and then rearwards. Once you can do that try again but this time keeping the tail rotor over the line with the helicopter 90 degrees from the direction of flight. ( That was part of the final handling test).
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Is that boat going to drive up into the heli? Because that is crazy stuff!
It did. I've seen the video taken from inside.
Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.
JEBUS! Thats excellent stuff
flying rc isn,t easy as well, just safer, i crashed, totaled 2 perfectly good helis, never flew real one, but good pilot makes it look so easy, when i watch them fly. actually rc looked easy as well, untill i got my own rc, than i started crashing,
my uncle told me once, planes want to fly, you just have to point them where to fly, helis don,t want to fly, you got to make them fly.
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" B. Franklin
I'm sure a standard layout helo could do the same, but it would be trickier with the tail rotor to worry about.
I've spoken with a couple of pilots and they have mentioned that the CH47 & CH46's layout with the two main rotors provides more fine control for setting down as opposed to a more standard main and tail rotor scheme.
I never was too worried when riding as a passenger on a '46 as it came in to land on an LHD (except for the constant nagging worry that an engine would fail, those birds are getting OLD). On the other hand, I thought I was going to die a couple of times when riding a '53 as it came in to land, trying to squeeze into a spot behind a 46 and in front of a 53, both with their rotors turning. The bird I was on was wobbling like a top as it came in to land...
Glyn, thanks for your post.
Best bit for me is the other half is really supportive and I should be starting classes upon my return to Canada in a 2 years. I'm really looking forward to accomplishing another dream.
I wonder if I can be a pilot in the reserves in Canada? Would be nice.
Not crazy. But Fun as hell
Same with helocasting.
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