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gregs - 23/11/11 at 07:30 PM

Scary..... Linky

mookaloid - 23/11/11 at 07:38 PM

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

britishtrident - 23/11/11 at 07:41 PM

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

tegwin - 23/11/11 at 07:47 PM

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!

Confused but excited. - 23/11/11 at 07:49 PM

"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.]

MakeEverything - 23/11/11 at 08:15 PM

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

daviep - 23/11/11 at 08:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
Maybe Vietnam, Hollywood.

[Edited on 23/11/11 by Confused but excited.]


Robert Mason "chikenhawk"

mr_pr - 23/11/11 at 08:23 PM

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.

snakebelly - 23/11/11 at 08:44 PM

Chickenhawk, excellent book

britishtrident - 23/11/11 at 09:20 PM

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.

twybrow - 23/11/11 at 09:33 PM

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.

Mr C - 23/11/11 at 10:20 PM

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

britishtrident - 23/11/11 at 11:08 PM

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

Dangle_kt - 24/11/11 at 03:29 PM

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

britishtrident - 24/11/11 at 04:12 PM

Reminds of the "Angus Prune Tune"