Helicopters R Us - Page 367

seriousracer · 09-13-2012, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by corsair4360

Seems to me that I either do not understand your question or my counting is wrong. The CH54's have 6 blades every time I have counted them. The CH53's have the same basic rotor and transmission, the CH53E however has 7 blades and 3 engines.

TR = tail rotor...

4 blade tail rotor.

canuckAME · 09-13-2012, 06:51 PM

Another Elvis sighting. What a cool machine

Vagabond_Explorer · 09-14-2012, 04:03 AM

What were the other sky cranes called besides Elvis? There was "Incredible Hulk", "Georgia Meade" and .............

GSPeP · 09-14-2012, 04:34 AM

My previous pictures were of the 2007 Fairford airshow. These are from 2009

canuckAME · 09-14-2012, 06:41 AM

Isabelle and Olga are 2 others. Olga was the machine that put the antenna on the CN Tower.

GSPeP · 09-19-2012, 10:54 PM

Some more of the 2009 Fairford Airshow - Merlin HM1 (Royal Naval Air Squadron)

Vagabond_Explorer · 09-20-2012, 03:54 AM

Nice. Does anyone know how many litres an hour that Merlin burns?

Shadow10 · 09-20-2012, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by canuckAME

Another Elvis sighting. What a cool machine

One of these will be in Sydney soon for the start of our bush fire season. Our Rural Fire Service is gearing up for a big one due to lack of hazard reduction burning and lots of ground fuel accumulating. Several years ago I was on the ground, very close to where it was fire bombing. Awesome and terrifying at the same time. Houses and lives were saved. Many people, to this day want to be able to show personal gratitude to the crews.

Bendernz · 09-21-2012, 12:48 AM

A friend of mine, Hugh, was visiting in Melbourne, Australia a few years ago during a very dry summer. There were a lot of bushfires that year and Elvis had been drafted in to help the desparate battle.

Hugh was sitting at a swiming pool cooling off and Elvis hove into view, hovered over the pool, dropped its suction hose and hoovered the water from the pool before flying off. Hugh was just dumbfounded but admitted it was one of the most incredible things he had ever seen.

v8toilet · 09-25-2012, 08:20 AM

Don't think it's a threadjack but our ship is down with a weird electrical problem. We're pulling our hair and wallets out with zero resolution.

Any high time veteran Hughes or MD500 wrenches on here shoot me a PM. So far we've had about six guys both A&P's and straight electronics techs look at it and then troubleshoot by parts replacement which isn't the best approach.

Hardware02 · 09-25-2012, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by v8toilet

Don't think it's a threadjack but our ship is down with a weird electrical problem. We're pulling our hair and wallets out with zero resolution.

Any high time veteran Hughes or MD500 wrenches on here shoot me a PM. So far we've had about six guys both A&P's and straight electronics techs look at it and then troubleshoot by parts replacement which isn't the best approach.

Turn the plug around...

v8toilet · 09-25-2012, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Hardware02

Turn the plug around...

I tried...

seriousracer · 09-26-2012, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by v8toilet

I tried...

Check the service loops.

ian408 · 09-26-2012, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by v8toilet

Don't think it's a threadjack but our ship is down with a weird electrical problem. We're pulling our hair and wallets out with zero resolution.

Any high time veteran Hughes or MD500 wrenches on here shoot me a PM. So far we've had about six guys both A&P's and straight electronics techs look at it and then troubleshoot by parts replacement which isn't the best approach.

If you haven't solved it yet, you might want to give a description of the problem. Lot of EE's here as well as others with experience who may be able to at least point in the right direction.

v8toilet · 09-26-2012, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ian408

If you haven't solved it yet, you might want to give a description of the problem. Lot of EE's here as well as others with experience who may be able to at least point in the right direction.

I can pm it. Didn't want to clutter the thread with our own saga

09-14-2012, 04:34 AM	#5494
GSPeP Beastly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2002 Location: near Antwerp, Belgium Oddometer: 1,782	My previous pictures were of the 2007 Fairford airshow. These are from 2009 __________________ Greetings from Belgium, Peter (2011 BMW R1200GS Adventure) gspep.smugmug.com & www.steendorp.info

09-19-2012, 10:54 PM	#5496
GSPeP Beastly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2002 Location: near Antwerp, Belgium Oddometer: 1,782	Some more of the 2009 Fairford Airshow - Merlin HM1 (Royal Naval Air Squadron) __________________ Greetings from Belgium, Peter (2011 BMW R1200GS Adventure) gspep.smugmug.com & www.steendorp.info

09-21-2012, 12:48 AM	#5499
Bendernz Torrential Joined: Aug 2009 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Oddometer: 453	A friend of mine, Hugh, was visiting in Melbourne, Australia a few years ago during a very dry summer. There were a lot of bushfires that year and Elvis had been drafted in to help the desparate battle. Hugh was sitting at a swiming pool cooling off and Elvis hove into view, hovered over the pool, dropped its suction hose and hoovered the water from the pool before flying off. Hugh was just dumbfounded but admitted it was one of the most incredible things he had ever seen. __________________ The Adventures of Yello Peril Yello Peril in Search of the Disappearing Guns Yello Peril: Return to Muriwai Yello Peril: Return to Woodhill Mountains, Memories and Magnficent Flying Machines

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09-13-2012, 06:51 PM	#5492
canuckAME Studly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Thunder Bay Ontario Canada Oddometer: 615	Another Elvis sighting. What a cool machine

09-14-2012, 04:03 AM	#5493
Vagabond_Explorer Relax_Unwind_Chill Joined: Aug 2012 Location: Southern Cross Land Oddometer: 81	What were the other sky cranes called besides Elvis? There was "Incredible Hulk", "Georgia Meade" and .............

09-14-2012, 06:41 AM	#5495
canuckAME Studly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Thunder Bay Ontario Canada Oddometer: 615	Isabelle and Olga are 2 others. Olga was the machine that put the antenna on the CN Tower.

09-20-2012, 03:54 AM	#5497
Vagabond_Explorer Relax_Unwind_Chill Joined: Aug 2012 Location: Southern Cross Land Oddometer: 81	Nice. Does anyone know how many litres an hour that Merlin burns?

09-25-2012, 08:20 AM	#5500
v8toilet Nothing to see here. Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Northwest U.S. Oddometer: 1,567	Don't think it's a threadjack but our ship is down with a weird electrical problem. We're pulling our hair and wallets out with zero resolution. Any high time veteran Hughes or MD500 wrenches on here shoot me a PM. So far we've had about six guys both A&P's and straight electronics techs look at it and then troubleshoot by parts replacement which isn't the best approach.