"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message
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"Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote in message
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On Feb 29, 1:18 pm, "nrg" wrote:
"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in
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How about a recent? I had my ship down for a year for the annual
because
I was interrupted by a building extension to the hangar/house. I wasn't
really current and had gone completely thru the rigging, new engine
mounts
and a modification to the clutch. With more than a little trepidation,
I
fired it up and lifted off only to have the thing shoot skyward like a
bat
out of hell turning and going sideways at the same time. I pressed down
on the collective only to have the thing, still turning and sliding
sidways, now dive for the ground. I quickly decided that if it wa
headed
to the ground that quick a jerk on the collective was warranted. I
could
do the easy pressure only on the up side. Well this went on for a week,
so it must have been a couple of minutes and I slowly gained control of
the thing but the collective seemed overly sensitive. I know that I was
rusty but this was beyond imagination. I managed to get it on the
ground
and pushed it into the hangar and started looking closely at the
controls.
As I raised the collective I felt a little drag that suddenly went
away.
The grease in the slider just above the swash plate had set there for a
year so I put fresh grease in the slider and tried the controls again.
This time it felt smoother. With a tight hold on everything, my Helmet
tight I tried it again being very slow and cautious on left off by just
squeezing the collective and really feeling my way off the ground.
Voila!
I had my helicopter back and while I was a bit rusty, I could do clock
turns about the point within a few minutes.
I can unequivocally state that if a helicopter test pilot is
constipated,
only oral laxatives should be prescribed as enemas will be impossible.

"Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote in message
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Ever had an actual one? This board is so freakin dead and boring I
left months ago. This is another attempt to revive it.
Any takers?
I've had several actual in flight emergencies in helicopters worldwide
(in addition to the phyxed wing side) and survived them all.
how about yor stories?
Ol S&B

Nope.... 650+ hours on Bell 206B and never had anything serious for now
(except ENG CHIP, thank God!)
Well as far as we're going about reviving the group here's a question -
The torque limitation on the 206 from 85%-100% is set to 5 minutes. Is
this
the total time you're allowed to be in the limit or is it OK if you juast
lower the power in the green and then you're set to go another 5 min.?
The
guys at textron haven't been too precise in the manual - Hide quoted
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I'm not sure about your question. If its in the green? What is the
problem? If you have a torque limit of :05, where is it indicated?
Yellow/Green? If you do not exceed the indicated limits of either
torque or temp more than the manual tells you, what is the problem?
If the aircraft has been flown outside of the limits and you are the
next one to fly it, you don't know if its been abused or flown outside
of limits. That can be scary.
Has been my experience if you fly in the green arc you are good to go
for as long as you have fuel......
Of course that is excepting really stupid ****.......


I'm curious about the time limit at a torque level. Assuming you haven't
exceeded the elastic limits of the rotorshaft and gears, I don't see where
a time limit makes sense. Unless a combination of rotor caused vibration
and torque loading can affect the fatigue life of the elements. Also if a
rising temperature would be caused thats another story.

BTW to Ol Shy & Bashful, did I ever tell you the story of my helicopter
and I and the field full of buffalos during mating season?

Stu Fields


Not shure I explained it right.
The torquemeter has a green arc (no limit) from 0-85%, and a yellow arc from
85-100% where the time limit for this power setting is 5 min. So I think
it's OK to say that this is allowed in the manual.
My question was what happens when you use up the 5 minutes. Do you go back
below 85% and then you can use the yellow area again or do you have to use a
longer cool down period.. Hope this makes my question clearer.