Chinook what is the story to this bad ass pic

[bullmastiff]

nice

 

[PGT]

Easy, nose up a little and engange the parking brake ...

 

[Timbuff10]

So how does the engine failure scenerio work in a chinook? If one goes out you are just screwed?

 

[USMCmech]

That is a "mainmount" or a "piniacle" landing

Basicly the pilot is still hovering, but has touched the aft wheels on that roof top.



Engine failure in a tandam rotor helo isn't a big problem, both engines drive the transmitons which turn the rotors. Therefore you just lose power, but not controll.

Same deal on the V-22.


Failure of a tranny, however is a whole nother story.

In the CH-46 the foward tranny had a shear point so that in theory the blades could continue spinning if the gearbox froze. A failure of the aft tranny would be catastrophic and isn't recoverable.

 

[bullmastiff]

I am actually referring to the place that landing was done..I had heard it was a hostage rescue

 

[Ian_J]

http://forums.jetcareers.com/showthread.php?t=26685&page=4

Post 131 and 133...

And crap... someone pasted the story of that landing in the helo forum somewhere, I just can't find it.

The landing was done in Afghanistan, and I believe it was a raid not a hostage rescue. Wish I could find that stupid post though!

 

[Ian_J]

So how does the engine failure scenerio work in a chinook? If one goes out you are just screwed?

There's a nice engine failure discussion here: http://forums.jetcareers.com/showthread.php?t=27883