Our birds are old EH-60As.
Taildraggers: You love em or hate em?
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Our birds are old EH-60As.
Firebird2XC
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EH-60s? Cool! You guys leave the mission equipment on 'em?
I'd heard the Army 86'd the EH frames but I didn't know where they went.
Nah, they look no different now than the UH-60As, as they had all their old EH mission equipment removed including the antennas. But the data plates still say EH-60A. Still the old -700 engines. 1980/81 models. Ours are leased from the Army.....Army still retains the title to them, hence why they still have the 5-digit Army number on them versus an N-number.
ctab5060X
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One could probably do it. Wouldn't be easy (or cheap), but it could be done. Would have been a ton easier say... 50 years ago, but...
As far as loving or hating...
<--- Look there, figure it out
Yeah, taildraggers can be somewhat mean sometimes, and a handful if you don't treat them with the respect that every (even nosewheel) airplane deserves, but that just makes me love them even more.
CFI A&P
Exploring the world one toilet at a time.
That was probably done frequently. With the Beech 18, DC-3 and C-47's running the skies...
Today, not so much.
Firebird2XC
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Still pretty sweet. For some reason, I thought you were flying old Hueys. Go figure.
Always nice to have another 'Hawker in the community.
Still pretty sweet. For some reason, I thought you were flying old Hueys. Go figure.
Always nice to have another 'Hawker in the community.
We've got the old Huey's too. UH-1Hs. Which I'm trained on. Fly the Hawk as a crewmember.
Firebird2XC
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Ahhhhh now I follow you. Good times.
You guys do hoist ops? I loved hoists. Most challenging thing I've ever done with an aircraft.
Nah, we don't have hoists installed. Just HRST (Helo Rope Suspension Techniques)/fast rope and sling load.
Yeah, am UH-1 PIC and UH/EH-60 crew chief/tac team member (go to flight transition for it in a couple months)
Firebird2XC
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Aha, it's all coming together now. Another UH-60 crew dog!
I'm going to have to stop cracking Air Force jokes at your expense: you're one of us now. :beer:
drunkenbeagle
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As long as they weren't Air Force jokes at my expense
Though the only time I have ever been in a helo was a National Guard UH-1. Scared the crap out of me, never want to be in one again.Firebird2XC
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As long as they weren't Air Force jokes at my expense
They're an acquired taste. Just remember, in a fixed wing world of constant motion, fluidity, speed, and grace, helicopters are the brute force raw power flying machines.
As I've said before (and others have said before me)
"Helicopters don't actually fly. They just beat the air into submission."
Watching a 'Hawk with the PCLs at 'Fly' on the ground is enough to make one wonder: how DO so many parts moving with forces in opposition to one another not shake themselves apart?
:bandit:
drunkenbeagle
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Any aircraft with an integral part referred to as the "Jesus nut" scares me.
Firebird2XC
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As far as I know this was only on the Huey. The 'Hawk uses locking expandable pins. Two per blade.
As far as I know this was only on the Huey. The 'Hawk uses locking expandable pins. Two per blade.
Correct. Jesus nut is only on semi-rigid/underslung or two-bladed "teetering" rotor systems, ala UH-1, OH-58, etc. Fully articluated systems like the H-60 don't have them.
ASpilot2be
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Damn helicopter pirates!:bandit:
killbilly
Vocals, Lyrics, Triangle, Washboard, Kittens
A helicopter is 30,000 moving parts flying in loose formation.
And I wish I knew how to fly them.
Firebird2XC
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Feeling.... Thunderstruck?
Lookit! Tailwheels!
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