Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Can they really do that?

 


21 comments:

  1. Been on one doing that.

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  2. And they can fly faster than most other helos, too.

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  3. They’ll also do that if you don’t jack them up correctly. Fortunately, I was across the hangar when it fell off the jacks and wasn’t part of the crew who were trying to weigh it. Did get to fix a lot of the resulting dents tho.

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  4. Yes. Red Bull has an MBB 105 that can roll and loop.
    Al_in_Ottawa

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  5. They can do anything. The question is 'can they do anything afterwards?'.

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    1. Yeah, I was thinking just about anything can do something at least one time.

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  6. Yes, they can do that. And they've done more things that you don't want to know about. My brother told me, and I wish he hadn't.

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  7. Unless he was dodging enemy fire pilot may get a beating once on the ground.

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  8. Hope he turned the fasten seat belt light on first

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  9. Yes. I witnessed it at a low level over water then a short while later a water rescue, while fishing on the dam of a watershed camping out near a famous WW II 45th infantry training ground. It was one of those holy shit moments.

    Bear Claw

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  10. I was blown away when I learned they can pack more water than a Sikorsky S-64E/F.

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  11. they sure can ... all the more reason to jump out.

    Chi.

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  12. Yes. And it will scare the crap out of you first time.

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  13. And the worst seat is the one just behind the door, the windmill seat.

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  14. Sure It can fly like that, all the way to the crash site. But only once.

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  15. "The one that rolled inverted" and if this doesn't scare hell out of you just reading it you have no imagination:

    https://www.chinook-helicopter.com/Flight_Fax/1998/Flight_Fax_May_1998.pdf

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  16. God, Grant Me The Eyes Of An Eagle, The Judgment Of An Owl, The Quickness Of A Hummingbird, The Reflexes Of A Cat, The Heart Of A Bull, And The Balls Of An Army Helicopter Pilot

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  17. The actual flight capability is determined by the size of the cojones on the pilot on command.

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