gregs
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 07:30 PM |
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Youch - (wouldn't a crane have been safer??!!!)
Scary.....
Linky
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mookaloid
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 07:38 PM |
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Was on the 6 o'clock news - I was amazed at how bendy the fuselage was as the forces went through it in a way it wasn't designed for. The
pilot should be in a lot of trouble for that - he must have been breaking a lot of regulations 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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britishtrident
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 07:41 PM |
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Ouch for job like that he should have had a winchman/observer with him as look out.
In Vietnam to make a landing zone they used to cut down small trees with the rotors of Hueys
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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tegwin
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 07:47 PM |
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Doubt the pilot will get in trouble. The guys on the ground are more to blame.
What is scary is how his seat failed just after the initial shock... That helicopter model is renowned for a poorly designed seat!
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Would the last person who leaves the country please switch off the lights and close the door!
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 07:49 PM |
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"In Vietnam to make a landing zone they used to cut down small trees with the rotors of Hueys"
Maybe Vietnam, Hollywood.
[Edited on 23/11/11 by Confused but excited.]
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 08:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
"In Vietnam to make a landing zone they used to cut down small trees with the rotors of Hueys"
Maybe Vietnam, Hollywood.
[Edited on 23/11/11 by Confused but excited.]
Pmsl
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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daviep
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 08:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
Maybe Vietnam, Hollywood.
[Edited on 23/11/11 by Confused but excited.]
Robert Mason "chikenhawk" 
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.”
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mr_pr
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 08:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Doubt the pilot will get in trouble. The guys on the ground are more to blame.
What is scary is how his seat failed just after the initial shock... That helicopter model is renowned for a poorly designed seat!
Not correct quite... he wasn't wearing the his full seat harness.
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My Build Progress
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snakebelly
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 08:44 PM |
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Chickenhawk, excellent book
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britishtrident
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 09:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by daviep
quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
Maybe Vietnam, Hollywood.
[Edited on 23/11/11 by Confused but excited.]
Robert Mason "chikenhawk"
Brilliant account of the war through the eyes of a Huey pilot.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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twybrow
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 09:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
"In Vietnam to make a landing zone they used to cut down small trees with the rotors of Hueys"
Maybe Vietnam, Hollywood.
[Edited on 23/11/11 by Confused but excited.]
Where a jet engine has to cope with bird strike, a heli has to cope with tree strike. The Augusta-Westland EH101 has to be able to withstand a 300mm
softwood tree.
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Mr C
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 10:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything
quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
"In Vietnam to make a landing zone they used to cut down small trees with the rotors of Hueys"
Maybe Vietnam, Hollywood.
[Edited on 23/11/11 by Confused but excited.]
Pmsl
pmsl +1, a lot of low flying going on here 
Girl walks into a bar and asks for a double entendre, so the barman gave her one
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britishtrident
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| posted on 23/11/11 at 11:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr C
quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything
quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
"In Vietnam to make a landing zone they used to cut down small trees with the rotors of Hueys"
Maybe Vietnam, Hollywood.
[Edited on 23/11/11 by Confused but excited.]
Pmsl
pmsl +1, a lot of low flying going on here
This thread in another forum might be of educational interest.
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/362335-heli-chopping-trees-down-vietnam.html
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 24/11/11 at 03:29 PM |
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I love the fact that forum is called prune.
You can't make that stuff up!
quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
quote:
Originally posted by Mr C
quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything
quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
"In Vietnam to make a landing zone they used to cut down small trees with the rotors of Hueys"
Maybe Vietnam, Hollywood.
[Edited on 23/11/11 by Confused but excited.]
Pmsl
pmsl +1, a lot of low flying going on here
This thread in another forum might be of educational interest.
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/362335-heli-chopping-trees-down-vietnam.html
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britishtrident
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| posted on 24/11/11 at 04:12 PM |
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Reminds of the "Angus Prune Tune"
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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