Austria Posted August 18, 2006 Posted August 18, 2006 I sure would like to know the whole story here.. Quote
Gerhardt Posted August 18, 2006 Posted August 18, 2006 I saw this on PPRUNE a while back. The pilot was surprised that the video was making the rounds on the net, he had no idea. Quote
rotor91 Posted August 18, 2006 Posted August 18, 2006 I saw this on PPRUNE a while back. The pilot was surprised that the video was making the rounds on the net, he had no idea. Which video is this? Youtube doesn't work here at work. Which video is this? Youtube doesn't work here at work. Oh ya, I remeber this one. Good one though! Dunno anything about this one. Quote
Guest rookie101 Posted August 19, 2006 Posted August 19, 2006 Ha, that was cool! I wonder if any of the heli-skiing pilot's in here can sympathizes with what those guys had to do. BTW, I've seen that helicopter a lot: same paint job, same helicopter, and probably the same area (Germany), is there just one or do they have a few (meaning 5 or 6) of those flying around Europe? Sorry for the hi-jack. Quote
Phil77 Posted August 19, 2006 Posted August 19, 2006 Ha, that was cool! I wonder if any of the heli-skiing pilot's in here can sympathizes with what those guys had to do. BTW, I've seen that helicopter a lot: same paint job, same helicopter, and probably the same area (Germany), is there just one or do they have a few (meaning 5 or 6) of those flying around Europe? Sorry for the hi-jack. Actually this particular helicopter is an austrian one (that are the guys who live in the alps! ). Due to my own curiosity I found out that their automobile club ÖAMTC (like AAA in america) has 17 bases (and I don't know how many ships based on these). The reason why you have seen so many of these yellow helicopters is - as you've suspected correctly - that the major EMS provider of germany the ADAC (again: a automobile club like AAA) has exactly the same corporate design (don't ask me why- they must be connected somehow)... The ADAC operates (got the info from their webpage): 2 EC14521 EC 13512 BK1173 BO105 (I thought, that they already have one or two MD 9xx's in service - I might be wrong or their web is not uptodate) ...later, Phil. Quote
DukeChin Posted August 19, 2006 Posted August 19, 2006 Yeah, and upon landing at home I'd immediately have the wrench turners looking at the fenestron after sucking a bunch of snow through it. Nice save, though! I'm curious how he got stuck in that position in the first place. Quote
Helo-Pilot Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 I would be curious to hear what Eurocopter has to say about the rotor head. It can't be good to start a helicopter with rotor head leaning over like that. To me, it looks like it's starting up in a mast bumping configuration. Quote
Worldcrime Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 That is a fully articulated rotor system therefore mast bumping is of no concern. Richard more videos at www.broadbandtvnow.com I would be curious to hear what Eurocopter has to say about the rotor head. It can't be good to start a helicopter with rotor head leaning over like that. To me, it looks like it's starting up in a mast bumping configuration. Quote
Phil77 Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 That is a fully articulated rotor system therefore mast bumping is of no concern. Richard more videos at www.broadbandtvnow.com No, its a rigid rotorsystem - Eurocopter calls it "bearingless", which pretty much is "rigid", right?(all flapping and lead/lagging is absorbed through bending not like the fully articulated system, through different hinges - the only hinge is to feather the blades) But nonetheless mast bumping is definitely no issue. Quote
Guest rookie101 Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 to add to the mast bumping topic, it only occurs in two bladed main rotors Quote
C of G Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 Mast bumping, no, but mast bending, yes. There is an indicator on the display to let you know the limits. In fully articulated, your problem would be droop stop pounding. Quote
RotorWeed Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 ...european pilots rules That is why they all come the USA for flight training. RDW Quote
maveric Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 That is why they all come the USA for flight training. That´s true... I did my pilot training in Oregon, too Quote
Worldcrime Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 No, its a rigid rotorsystem - Eurocopter calls it "bearingless", which pretty much is "rigid", right?(all flapping and lead/lagging is absorbed through bending not like the fully articulated system, through different hinges - the only hinge is to feather the blades) But nonetheless mast bumping is definitely no issue. My bad. I should have looked up the specs on that ship before running my mouth.Richard www.broadbandtvnow.com Quote
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