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Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: SunTracker on March 01, 2004, 03:09:11 PM: http://www.rob.com/matt/videos/ah-64_rotor_strike.wmv

All he had to do was pull up.
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: hawker238 on March 01, 2004, 03:15:15 PM: Oh ye of little faith....

What happened after the strike?
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: ra on March 01, 2004, 03:18:17 PM: Did they go inverted?
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: FUNKED1 on March 01, 2004, 03:19:27 PM: Quote
Originally posted by hawker238
Oh ye of little faith....

What happened after the strike?

He flared, set it down, then wiped the poop out of his pants.
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: hawker238 on March 01, 2004, 03:20:21 PM: I saw him flare, but got confused after that. Is there any additional info on this clip?
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Nod on March 01, 2004, 03:26:27 PM: lol i have to admit it was kinda funny..............."think I can make it?".........."nope".........BAM!!!
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Raubvogel on March 01, 2004, 03:40:35 PM: Retard.....
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Post by: rpm on March 01, 2004, 03:41:50 PM: Famous last words "Oh, yeah...look how big that is...OH S***!"
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: SOB on March 01, 2004, 04:02:37 PM: LOL, that poor man will be getting crap for that every day for the rest of his chopper piloting career in the military.
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: loser on March 01, 2004, 04:51:38 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SOB
LOL, that poor man will be getting crap for that every day for the rest of his chopper piloting career in the military.

That shouldnt be that bad. I imagine his chopper pilot career ended shortly after those two guys got picked up.
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Lizking on March 01, 2004, 04:58:51 PM: "oh, ye of little faith.."

best line, right up there with, "Watch this..."
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Mini D on March 01, 2004, 05:09:02 PM: Yeah.. the clip ends with the apache on the ground by the looks of it.

It would have been a bit better if it would have ended with the weapons officer saying "I told ya".

MiniD
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Kanth on March 01, 2004, 05:23:29 PM: handsomehunk.
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Otto on March 01, 2004, 06:09:34 PM: I'm not a 'rotary wing' pilot but I think he did a pretty good job of holding his heading so I guess nothing hit the tail. I'm guessing the vibration is coming from a deformed main rotor blade. I'm not sure if it possible to actually 'break' one.

If you want combat pilots to train like 'Shuttle Captain's' then that's what you'll get.
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Furball on March 01, 2004, 06:27:11 PM: ROFL!!

"think i can make it through there?"
"nope"
"oh ye have little faith............ look how big that is..... OH *£$*%£$"

What a dumbarse.

Oh and it looks like speed and alt at bottom of screen above that box, so if i am correct they do get down and stop.
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: RTR on March 01, 2004, 06:34:18 PM: Well, I am a flingwinger by trade.

I agree he did a good job putting it on the ground. The vibration was fairly severe, however it looked controlable to me. For how long is the question. Composite blades are very strong, but once damaged tend to come apart pretty quickly.

Thats about all he did good though. To quote a previous reply,
"handsomehunk".

I can't even imagine asking a passenger (or copilot for that matter) "Do you think we'll fit through there?"

If I am not 100% sure, I don't have to ask. I dont try. I'm the one responsible.

This guy needs a decision making and cockpit management course before he flys again at the very least. I can tell you that, were I ever in a position to hire someone like this, he would remain unemployed.

cheers,
RTR
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: BlckMgk on March 17, 2004, 12:43:26 PM: Anyone know where I can get this video?
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: SunTracker on March 17, 2004, 12:45:14 PM: I forgot where I got it from. It had about 50 neat aviation videos like this. Let me see if I got it bookmarked.
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: StSanta on March 17, 2004, 01:11:17 PM: So Suntracker, what's the password and access code for that site?

Can't access file without it :/
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Post by: Maverick on March 17, 2004, 01:16:59 PM: Same here. Site is locked without ID and password.
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Maniac on March 17, 2004, 01:18:12 PM: same here...
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Post by: Hawklore on March 17, 2004, 01:30:07 PM: same here...
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Red Tail 444 on March 17, 2004, 01:35:26 PM: ditto
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: SOB on March 17, 2004, 01:41:38 PM: Fortunately, that one was funny enough to save! :D

http://www.matthoffman.us/dl/ah64-rotorstrike.wmv
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: BlckMgk on March 17, 2004, 01:47:54 PM: Thanks SOB..

btw if you goto http://www.rob.com, you can search through the directories, but didn't find anything.
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Gixer on March 17, 2004, 02:52:47 PM: I am a Commercial Helicopter Pilot and watching the video two main points.

1. Showing Off ( no need to try going between two trees when he could of gone to the left or right)

2. Lucky to survive

Saying that he did recover very well, but I think a good factor of that as well as pilot skill can be credited to the strangth of the AH64 and that he had alot of nose speed at the time of the strike giving him a couple seconds of control.

Low level flying is tricky in daytime let alone at night. I've never flown with night vision (assuming by video it's night) but it's alot harder to judge depth,distance,height with restricted field of view.

Helicopters you can't afford mistakes as it's usually your last. I've had 3 friends killed in helicopter accidents only 1 was due to factors outside his control.

~~...-Gixer~~
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Red Tail 444 on March 17, 2004, 03:51:36 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Gixer
I am a Commercial Helicopter Pilot and watching the video two main points.

1. Showing Off ( no need to try going between two trees when he could of gone to the left or right)

2. Lucky to survive
~~...-Gixer~~

~~3. Talking smack, and not backing it up :rofl~~
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Maniac on March 17, 2004, 03:54:20 PM: Red Tail.

Are you Mr Black?
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Red Tail 444 on March 17, 2004, 03:59:29 PM: NO

Are you?
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: Mini D on March 17, 2004, 04:13:17 PM: Hehehe... I like the commercial vs military helicopter thing here.

I have a tendancy to think if your job revolves around being in an environment where people are shooting at you, you'd tend to want to get as low as possible and have as much grasp as the helocopter's capabilities as possible. That includes squeezing through tight fits.

MiniD
Title: Apache rotor strike
Post by: medicboy on March 17, 2004, 09:15:17 PM: Ok 2 things. #1, why is it asking for a pass word when I try to download the video????

#2 Rotor strikes are more common than you might think. They usualy result in little or no damage. While during my time as a flight medic in california we never hit a tree or anything we did take out several birds in flight. The aproach to the local field takes you right over the county dump that is loaded with seagulls. Never knew till we landed and were washing the helo down and found blood and feathers on the rotor. One time we had to pull up on short final to a remote lake in the sierra nevada mts because a bunch of mule deer spooked out of the brush and ran right under us, hate to think what would have happened if they would have ran into the tail rotor. :eek: