US Army crap

[IP draws a circle]
"ok...tell what happens and when on this N1.."

He was looking for "rotors turning by...min of xx psi by...min for opening the throttle...." and repeated it for the airspeed and temp gauge. For my brain, it was agreat way to organize and correlate all those limits.

What sucks is, I don't even have time to pay attention to limits. Just the other day, getting scrambled on a medevac, Im in the bird doing 10,000 things from getting the navs up and running, to copying down info on the event and comms; that on engine start, all I have time to do is check it's clear and punch the starter button. While getting back to copying things down, I give it about 10 seconds, take a quick glance that the blades are turning, there's oil ppp of some kind, that the Ng is around 25% and that the TGT is below 80, then throw the throttle to ground idle. Then right back to work doing other things........right up until the engine started compressor stalling and hanging at 45% or so from the freaking tailwind. Luckily the TGT didn't go high and the engine worked itself through it, but the reality is, I don't have the time to sit there and stare at the gauges like in flight training where I have nothing else to do but monitor everything thats supposed to be going on at what particular time.
 
What sucks is, I don't even have time to pay attention to limits. Just the other day, getting scrambled on a medevac, Im in the bird doing 10,000 things from getting the navs up and running, to copying down info on the event and comms; that on engine start, all I have time to do is check it's clear and punch the starter button. While getting back to copying things down, I give it about 10 seconds, take a quick glance that the blades are turning, there's oil ppp of some kind, that the Ng is around 25% and that the TGT is below 80, then throw the throttle to ground idle. Then right back to work doing other things........right up until the engine started compressor stalling and hanging at 45% or so from the freaking tailwind. Luckily the TGT didn't go high and the engine worked itself through it, but the reality is, I don't have the time to sit there and stare at the gauges like in flight training where I have nothing else to do but monitor everything thats supposed to be going on at what particular time.

Agreed... Doing our alert launches I love it when my trainee finally believes me when I get him to slow down and stop trying to monitor EVERYTHING. Most everything in the aircraft it self correcting, or it has a great red/yellow light somewhere that will warn you. Getting them to stop scanning oil pressure every 2 seconds and instead monitor EGT finally frees them up to back up pilots on other, more time critical, events.
 
Green lights good, except that oddity in a -60 and it's transmission oil pressure. Has to remain steady in the 45-55 range (45-60 for Limas) or a write up is required but 30-65 is in the green. And a sudden drop of 10 psi or more requires a write up - how often am I supposed to be looking at the dang transmission oil pressure!?

You know what's funny Ian? The "has to remain steady 45-55" and "sudden drop of 10 psi or more" isn't even an inkling of a consideration in the Pavehawk. If it's green, it's good.
 
You know what's funny Ian? The "has to remain steady 45-55" and "sudden drop of 10 psi or more" isn't even an inkling of a consideration in the Pavehawk. If it's green, it's good.

Dangerous.

I note and compare all VID indications to their appropriate associated ops limit number at all times.




(can't even keep a straight face while typing that.....)

:)
 
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