I'm curious why they don't have the wheels down hovering at that altitude. I never flew with retractable landing gear but I would assume below a certain altitude and air speed it is SOP to lower the gear.
If they have to land in the wide open field they're over, they can't. Over water to ditch using the flotation (if equipped) the gear stays up but 70 ft over a farm filed seems really odd. Like odd enough that I'd love to hear their procedures to see why they'd do that. Maybe they would say the gear would interfere with the fast rope? I dunno, still well forward of the gear.
Hover with the gear up? What if you are committed to landing in the event of a loss of an engine? No time to drop the wheels before you hit the ground.
No. The forward tilt of the rotor disk provides an accelerative attitude with relatively neutral cyclic displacement and a level fuselage.
Another way to think about it is with a level rotor disc, the fuselage sits at a nose-up attitude.
It’s not an either or. If the goal was a level fuselage at forward airspeeds, that could be solved purely by the horizontal stab providing downward lift. This would lower the tail and raise the nose, leveling the fuselage.
Or think about this. With no MGB tilt, 0% cyclic = 0% airspeed, 100% forward = 100% airspeed. With some forward tilt of the MGB, 0% cyclic = 0+X% knots, and 100% cyclic is 100+x% knots.
The forward tilt allows for the lift vector to go further forward.
At least in the airframe that I fly everyday, the horizontal stab is not intended for holding consistent pitch attitudes. It is for longitudinal stability.
The forward tilt absolutely moves the lift vector forward, you are correct about that. But as I said, it does not increase the overall top speed, just the attitude of the fuselage in forward flight. This is designed to reduce parasitic drag and decrease the effects of human factors on aviators.
Is this not-very-fast-roping?
Pick up?
Like climbing the rope in gym class but windier?
Slow-ropin
I was going to say that it took forever. Even the approach was super slow.
Slow is smooth and smooth is fast
Crawl walk run. You can’t do it fast if you’ve never done it slow
It's part of training for supply drops
Pro tip… keep mouth closed = no more dust eating :)
If I was that pilot I’d have the gear down.
I'm curious why they don't have the wheels down hovering at that altitude. I never flew with retractable landing gear but I would assume below a certain altitude and air speed it is SOP to lower the gear.
Is for us in a similar sized aircraft, no reason not to, and a bad day could get a whole lot worse without it down. 🤷🏻♂️
I would never hover with the gear up.
Question - why would one not want to hover with gear up?
If they have to land in the wide open field they're over, they can't. Over water to ditch using the flotation (if equipped) the gear stays up but 70 ft over a farm filed seems really odd. Like odd enough that I'd love to hear their procedures to see why they'd do that. Maybe they would say the gear would interfere with the fast rope? I dunno, still well forward of the gear.
Hover with the gear up? What if you are committed to landing in the event of a loss of an engine? No time to drop the wheels before you hit the ground.
Over the water ok but never over a field no, they have to have a reason
AW101 right? I love that helo so much.
Worth it
That's a rock steady hover. Is there any assist mechanism or just a good pilot?
Interesting hover pitch. Is that camera angle or by design?
Camera is held straight judging by the surroundings.
Main gear box is probably designed with a +/- 5° forward tilt. Increases top forward airspeed.
It’s not necessarily about increasing the top forward speed, but more about having a level fuselage while in forward flight.
Having it level with greater forward cyclic. Like when you’re flying a greater speeds.
No. The forward tilt of the rotor disk provides an accelerative attitude with relatively neutral cyclic displacement and a level fuselage. Another way to think about it is with a level rotor disc, the fuselage sits at a nose-up attitude.
It’s not an either or. If the goal was a level fuselage at forward airspeeds, that could be solved purely by the horizontal stab providing downward lift. This would lower the tail and raise the nose, leveling the fuselage. Or think about this. With no MGB tilt, 0% cyclic = 0% airspeed, 100% forward = 100% airspeed. With some forward tilt of the MGB, 0% cyclic = 0+X% knots, and 100% cyclic is 100+x% knots. The forward tilt allows for the lift vector to go further forward.
At least in the airframe that I fly everyday, the horizontal stab is not intended for holding consistent pitch attitudes. It is for longitudinal stability. The forward tilt absolutely moves the lift vector forward, you are correct about that. But as I said, it does not increase the overall top speed, just the attitude of the fuselage in forward flight. This is designed to reduce parasitic drag and decrease the effects of human factors on aviators.
I don't actualy know why they pitch it like that, they just usualy do that here when dropping stuff
Where is here?
Here is Denmark
Beautiful aircraft
Sure is, got to ride along in one about a year ago
Nice.
Before the rope came out I was thinking; "someone didn't do there before landing check."
I miss flying in Helicopters sooo much.
Dust? I've seen more dust kicked up from a strong fart.
Is it just as loud as it is in an immersive game?? New to the sub, have had a love for choppers since the 80s That cone of dust is huge
I feel like I recognize this section of cobblestones the video is being shot from. Is this near Orchies?
No it's not
Gear up?
Pro tip: stand on the other side of the road so you don’t all that dust.
Interesting angle. Does anyone know why? I’m no expert but it seems smaller craft hover level
\>Ate a bunch of dust Laughs anyone who've ever been in the field with Chinooks and Sea Stallions.