RL Aviation Posts

[Vonrd]

We have "Flying Humor". I thought I'd start a general RL Aviation post. 

This could have been bad. I wonder who changed that wheel last. He / she's in for some sh*t.

 

[Vonrd]

Well done emer landing:

 

[Vonrd]

original link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Shittyaskflying/comments/1bfwj5h/i_just_made_this_new_ercraft_what_the_fuck_should/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title&embed_host_url=https://forum.jg1.org/index.php

 

Edited March 18, 2024 by Klaiber
changed link

[Vonrd]

Please delete the above post. I thought I could edit out the vulgarity but can't figure out how to do so.

[Klaiber]

18 hours ago, Vonrd said:

Please delete the above post. I thought I could edit out the vulgarity but can't figure out how to do so.

Fixed, with clean link.  The original URL is below the YouTube video.

[Vonrd]

Mad skills heli pilot!

 

[Ludwig]

This is the guy I like. I would love to get a chance to do this. 

 

 

[Vonrd]

Wow! I'd like to see the crew that's hooking him up. That takes a LOT of trust in the pilot's ability. Almost seems a waste of skill on something like Christmas trees (but I'm sure that he increases the profit margin).

[Snaggle]

Not Christmas trees but something a little more expensive and some go

My Old Squadron in this video....

 

[Klaiber]

11 hours ago, Snaggle said:

Not Christmas trees but something a little more expensive and some go

My Old Squadron in this video....

 

That's an incredible amount of skill!

Now I want to fly some helos.

 

[Vonrd]

How does the ground hook-up guy prevent electrical shock from static discharge? Is the pole he's using to hook-up grounded? 

[Snaggle]

52 minutes ago, Vonrd said:

How does the ground hook-up guy prevent electrical shock from static discharge

He touches it to the bottom of the aircraft and the entire pendent is covered in plastic with rubber covered grommets.

If he touches the aircraft first there is no issue. The crewmen that places the pendent on the hook had to make sure it has touched the aircraft.

56 minutes ago, Vonrd said:

Is the pole he's using to hook-up grounded? 

Short answer yes as long as the load is touching the nonskid.

I used to know specifically how it all worked, I was more concerned with the front end operation.

[Britchot]

I used to know from the hook up perspective but I only did it in the school and never in practice, so I lost it. 

[Heinrich]

8 hours ago, Klaiber said:

Now I want to fly some helos.

and it can always be done faster (sorry for the stupid music): 

I saw this by chance a few days ago

[Snaggle]

20 minutes ago, Heinrich said:

and it can always be done faster

We used to have competitions, to see who could do it fastest without breaking anything

now at “night” at 1 in the morning whole new ball game

[Klaiber]

4 hours ago, Heinrich said:

sorry for the stupid music

[Klaiber]

4 hours ago, Heinrich said:

I saw this by chance a few days ago

That's wild.  Now I have to practice it.

[Britchot]

11 hours ago, Heinrich said:

(sorry for the stupid music): 

That was an anthem from my youth!

[Vonrd]

Holt Sh**t!

 

[Flyboy]

[Vonrd]

I wonder how many remember his name. Who does without the help of Google? I'd bet that most of us do but we're aviation history geeks.

[Flyboy]

This is sad and not sure how it could happen. 
 

https://apple.news/A0c2c6ZeTTPW1dv0bPaf6bA

[Vonrd]

This is terrible. It uses the Martin Baker MK16 seat. It's initiated by the loop handle between the legs. I think it requires a fairly hefty pull to fire it but maybe something got tangled in it and he didn't realize it was the ejection handle and he gave it a tug? @Flyboy, what's your experience with the T-38 seat? It's not exactly the same (Martin Baker US16T) but similar in using the same seat loop to initiate ejection.

Texan seat:

Talon seat:

[Vonrd]

Another scary vid:

 

[Flyboy]

2 hours ago, Vonrd said:

Another scary vid:

 

My FO showed me this last night. Pretty scary and very similar setup on our airplane. The ramp can be a dangerous place and you have to be very careful.