Crashed my helicopter today..

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Oct 14, 2008 | 08:31 PM

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Oct 14, 2008 | 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by VRT MBasile

Helicopter ejector seats FTL

lol, They shoot you side ways

and spin you backwards till you clear the chopper!

Oct 15, 2008 | 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by endlesskreation

lol, They shoot you side ways

and spin you backwards till you clear the chopper!

IIRC, on the huey cobras (and maybe the apaches), the rotor blades have explosive charges to blows them off, so the pilots and CWOs can bail out safely.

Oct 15, 2008 | 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ldivinag

IIRC, on the huey cobras (and maybe the apaches), the rotor blades have explosive charges to blows them off, so the pilots and CWOs can bail out safely.

Huey Cobras, correct. Apaches, not so correct. They have to ride it out.....

Oct 15, 2008 | 01:58 PM

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Only for an instant did I think he meant a real chopper...

Oct 15, 2008 | 02:34 PM

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Anyone want to go flying saturday or sunday..? I need to log more flight hours.

I going to try and rent out of concord. I think they still rent 22r's.

Oct 15, 2008 | 02:37 PM

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So it was a real one?

Oct 15, 2008 | 02:39 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ldivinag

IIRC, on the huey cobras (and maybe the apaches), the rotor blades have explosive charges to blows them off, so the pilots and CWOs can bail out safely.

wonder what happens to them after.....and what kind of **** they mess up

Oct 15, 2008 | 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by I<3subie

Anyone want to go flying saturday or sunday..? I need to log more flight hours.

I going to try and rent out of concord. I think they still rent 22r's.

can you get them to allow us to bring our cars into the runway?

Oct 15, 2008 | 05:16 PM

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keep the training landing gear on

i use to work at a hobby shop

Oct 15, 2008 | 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by stupidchicken03

wonder what happens to them after.....and what kind of **** they mess up

the explosive charges are where the main blades attach to the main rotor. that way, the blades aint gonna chop the crew up.

the rotor can still spin cause it's still attached to the engine. or maybe by design, when the crew initiates the ejection sequence, the rotor disconnects. it then starts to auto rotate.

meanwhile, the explosive charges blow and the blades fall away. the crew can then bail out.