Step into the shoes of the Sac Sheriff helicopter crew

[ridethisbike]

http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/tweet-along-planned-by-sac-sheriff-helicopter-crew.html

 

 

 

 

The Sacramento Sheriff's Department invites anyone with a computer or smart phone to follow its helicopter crew during a Friday night "Tweet-along."

The first-ever virtual ride-along via Twitter will show the public what a night shift is like for the pilot and observer deputies in a department helicopter. The Tweet-along begins at 5 p.m. and runs until midnight on Friday.

During that time, a deputy inside the STAR (Sheriff's Tactical Air Resource) helicopter will be posting messages, photos and videos that exhibit the preflight checks, take-off and interaction with patrol deputies on the ground.

Interested citizens can follow along on their computers at http://twitter.com/sacsheriff.

To have updates sent to a mobile phone, a person can create a Twitter account, and

Twitter will send updates.

 

Stumbled across this and thought it was cool enough that I needed to share. It starts May 10 at 5pm and runs until midnight. I'll be following through the night

[Flying Pig]

Sounds fun.

[ridethisbike]

So I ended up not following it, but I did go back and read how their night unfolded. Pretty cool.

[Flying Pig]

Yaaaaaawn...... zzzzzz.....zzzzzzz....

[aeroscout]

I thought I saw a job listing on JH for a Sheriff flying job in Calif. Is this it ?

[ridethisbike]

FP: Just because you get to live it....!! What I really think it is, is that you wish you were the one doing the tweeting and making people all green with envy over you...

[Flying Pig]

aeroscout...

 

That posting was for the job for Sarasota County Sheriff, FL.

RTB.... We fly 500s with no doors.... no time for tweeting. We spend to much time in 90 degree banked turns and would want to risk dropping the IPhone

Edited May 12, 2013 by Flying Pig

[ridethisbike]

It's your lie, tell it how you want! haha

[aeroscout]

It's your lie, tell it how you want! haha

My Father in law would never shy away from any opportunity to embellish. I loved his stories. They got better every time I heard them.

 

PS, Flying Pig you are right. Thank you for the correction. In my mind Sacramento somehow rhymes with Sarasota.

[Flying Pig]

Anyone who flies 500s can tell you a 90 deg bank is more than doable. But enjoy your semi rigid thing you got goin on

[Nomad110]

Man the comments in that article are brutal. People have no respect for the police force.

[Flying Pig]

Its the just people from the JH forum.

[Mikemv]

Anyone who flies 500s can tell you a 90 deg bank is more than doable. But enjoy your semi rigid thing you got goin on

 

FP,

 

I think this was stated in jest but I ask for the uninitiated here, what is the load factor incurred in a 90 degree bank and is the 500 designed for this?

 

I hope this does not turn into another over GW or out of CG authorization by "real world" pilots that justify needing a bank of 90 degrees.

 

Mike

Edited May 13, 2013 by Mikemv

[aeroscout]

 

FP,

 

I think this was stated in jest but I ask for the uninitiated here, what is the load factor incurred in a 90 degree bank and is the 500 designed for this?

 

I hope this does not turn into another over GW or out of CG authorization by "real world" pilots that justify needing a bank of 90 degrees.

 

Mike

Mike,

 

The load factor you refer to is only valid for maintaining level flight. I don't see where you specified this if you did.

If I were a law enforcement pilot, and it was well within the capabilities of my aircraft I would train often into high angles of bank for the day that I may really need to.

Also I am reminded of times during my career when I used high bank angles to attempt to avoid hitting large birds. In one instance it was a buzzard, and by maneuvering the aircraft managed to avoid it hitting the windscreen, albeit not the main rotor.