February 18th 06, 07:44 PM
wrote:
> ....Just passing something along.......author unknown....
>
>
> Helicopter flight: A bunch of spare parts flying in close formation.
>
> Anything that screws its way into the sky flies according to unnatural
> principals.
>
> You never want to sneak up behind an old, high-time helicopter pilot
> and clap your hands. He will instantly dive for cover and most likely
> whimper...then get up and smack the **** out of you.
>
> There are no old helicopters laying around airports like you see old
> airplanes. There is a reason for this. Come to think of it, there are
> not many old, high-time helicopter pilots hanging around airports
> either so the first issue is problematic.
>
> You can always tell a helicopter pilot in anything moving: a train, an
> airplane, a car or a boat. They never smile, they are always listening
> to the machine and they always hear something they think is not right.
> Helicopter pilots fly in a mode of intensity, actually more like
> "spring loaded", while waiting for pieces of their ship to fall off.
>
> Flying a helicopter at any altitude over 500 feet is considered
> reckless and should be avoided. Flying a helicopter at any altitude or
> condition that precludes a landing in less than 20 seconds is
> considered outright foolhardy.
>
> Remember in a helicopter you have about 1 second to lower the
> collective in an engine failure before the craft becomes
> unrecoverable. Once you've failed this maneuver the machine flies
> about as well as a 20 case Coke machine. Even a perfectly executed
> autorotation only gives you a glide ratio slightly better than that of
> a brick.
>
> While hovering, if you start to sink a bit, you pull up on the
> collective while twisting the throttle, push with your left foot (more
> torque) and move the stick left (more translating tendency) to hold
> your spot. If you now need to stop rising, you do the opposite in that
> order. Sometimes in wind you do this many times each second. Don't you
> think that's a strange way to fly?
>
> For Helicopters: You never want to feel a sinking feeling in your gut
> (low "g" pushover) while flying a two bladed under slung teetering
> rotor system. You are about to do a snap-roll to the right and crash.
> For that matter, any remotely aerobatic maneuver should be avoided in
> a Huey.
>
> Don't push your luck. It will run out soon enough anyway.
>
> If everything is working fine on your helicopter consider yourself
> temporarily lucky. Something is about to break.
>
> Harry Reasoner once wrote the following about helicopter pilots: "The
> thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by its
> nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by
> unusual events or by an incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter
> does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of
> forces and controls working in opposition to each other.
>
> Having said all this, I must admit that flying in a helicopter is one
> of the most satisfying and exhilarating experiences I have ever
> enjoyed: skimming over the tops of trees at 100 knots is something we
> should all be able to do, at least once.
>
> And remember the fighter pilot's prayer: "Lord I pray for the eyes of
> an eagle, the heart of a lion and the balls of a combat helicopter
> pilot."
>
> Many years later, I know that it was sometimes anything but fun, but
> now it IS something to brag about for those of us who survived the
> experience.
You are so full of **** I can smell your breath from here.
You've likely never even been in a helicopter.
> ....Just passing something along.......author unknown....
>
>
> Helicopter flight: A bunch of spare parts flying in close formation.
>
> Anything that screws its way into the sky flies according to unnatural
> principals.
>
> You never want to sneak up behind an old, high-time helicopter pilot
> and clap your hands. He will instantly dive for cover and most likely
> whimper...then get up and smack the **** out of you.
>
> There are no old helicopters laying around airports like you see old
> airplanes. There is a reason for this. Come to think of it, there are
> not many old, high-time helicopter pilots hanging around airports
> either so the first issue is problematic.
>
> You can always tell a helicopter pilot in anything moving: a train, an
> airplane, a car or a boat. They never smile, they are always listening
> to the machine and they always hear something they think is not right.
> Helicopter pilots fly in a mode of intensity, actually more like
> "spring loaded", while waiting for pieces of their ship to fall off.
>
> Flying a helicopter at any altitude over 500 feet is considered
> reckless and should be avoided. Flying a helicopter at any altitude or
> condition that precludes a landing in less than 20 seconds is
> considered outright foolhardy.
>
> Remember in a helicopter you have about 1 second to lower the
> collective in an engine failure before the craft becomes
> unrecoverable. Once you've failed this maneuver the machine flies
> about as well as a 20 case Coke machine. Even a perfectly executed
> autorotation only gives you a glide ratio slightly better than that of
> a brick.
>
> While hovering, if you start to sink a bit, you pull up on the
> collective while twisting the throttle, push with your left foot (more
> torque) and move the stick left (more translating tendency) to hold
> your spot. If you now need to stop rising, you do the opposite in that
> order. Sometimes in wind you do this many times each second. Don't you
> think that's a strange way to fly?
>
> For Helicopters: You never want to feel a sinking feeling in your gut
> (low "g" pushover) while flying a two bladed under slung teetering
> rotor system. You are about to do a snap-roll to the right and crash.
> For that matter, any remotely aerobatic maneuver should be avoided in
> a Huey.
>
> Don't push your luck. It will run out soon enough anyway.
>
> If everything is working fine on your helicopter consider yourself
> temporarily lucky. Something is about to break.
>
> Harry Reasoner once wrote the following about helicopter pilots: "The
> thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by its
> nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by
> unusual events or by an incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter
> does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of
> forces and controls working in opposition to each other.
>
> Having said all this, I must admit that flying in a helicopter is one
> of the most satisfying and exhilarating experiences I have ever
> enjoyed: skimming over the tops of trees at 100 knots is something we
> should all be able to do, at least once.
>
> And remember the fighter pilot's prayer: "Lord I pray for the eyes of
> an eagle, the heart of a lion and the balls of a combat helicopter
> pilot."
>
> Many years later, I know that it was sometimes anything but fun, but
> now it IS something to brag about for those of us who survived the
> experience.
You are so full of **** I can smell your breath from here.
You've likely never even been in a helicopter.