Chinook Helo Shenanigans!!
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mtv wrote:akaviator wrote:Very cool, thanks for sharing.
The Chinook is an absolute ageless beast of a helicopter. I have a friend who rescued stranded climbers on Mt. McKinley at 18200 feet with one and had a lot of praise for the capabilities of the ship. He actually made two trips on back to back days and was named Army Aviator of the Year.
Myron Babcock? He held (maybe still does) the high altitude winch rescue record for a long time. I thought his rescue was at over 19,000 though.....He is retired now, but flew with the Sugarbears out of Wainwright.
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None other than. A fine fellow and a great helo pilot to say the least.
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C-46 water landing didn't turnout good....scroll down for video. We landed in water once when hoist jammed trying to pu a dead body. But we had both engines.
Rolling to the right was not a good decision. Crew door was on right side as well as pilot door...not good for egress
Rotor blades didn't seem to be a problem seems rotor brake was engaged and blades nearly stopped before rolling over. Thought other helo was slow In rescuing others in water
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Which way a helo rolls in a ditching situation is solely up to the conditions present. The pilot's goal is to keep the aircraft upright as long as possible to allow rotor rpm to decrease as much as possible before the rotors enter the water. Unless their EPs are significantly different from ours, only after the aircraft begins to roll does the pilot move the cyclic in the direction of the roll. It looks like they yanked in full rotor brake before it started rolling too. Luckily they all got out!
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