pilotdave 0 #1 December 11, 2003 If only this guy hadn't survived he'd be a great darwin award candidate... Video (available for a limited time only) Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dixieskydiver 0 #3 December 11, 2003 Poor bastard that thing was probably really expensive. Dixie HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez "Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #5 December 11, 2003 Good GRAVY! I'm guessing too many bloody mary's before taking the 'copter out is not such a grand idea. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #6 December 11, 2003 Wow. That's gonna leave a mark. Edit to add: When things like this happen, do the pilots lose their license? I sure hope so!So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dagny 0 #7 December 11, 2003 Now I'm no pilot, but I'm guessing the intended effect there WASN'T to take a helicopter for a swim?! When good ideas go bad...Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic. -Salvador Dali Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #8 December 11, 2003 Bright side is it will give the scuba divers something cool to look at. Expensive reef. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee03 0 #9 December 11, 2003 What an idiot! They ought to go ahead and give him a darwin award anyway.. At the rate he's going.. he will probably get one soon anyway!-------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,107 #10 December 11, 2003 That's nothing. I had a video a while back of a guy who tried to fly a Robinson R22 (small helicopter) with no, that's zero, training. His buddy videotaped the attempt. Remarkably he was actually able to keep it in the air for ten seconds or so, but then the inevitable happened. Since he survived he's not eligible for the Darwin awards. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrogNog 1 #11 December 11, 2003 QuotePoor bastard that thing was probably really expensive. He probably won't have to pay for the heli, he'll have to pay for the salvaging, the repair, and the restoration. If the water isn't too deep I reckon they can get it out OK, and I further reckon the heli isn't damaged too badly - narfed blades, sick engine, water where there shouldn't be any in the avionics, etc.. If he gets to fly again, hopefully he'll have learned that this stunt requires a much longer line. -=-=-=-=- Pull. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymick 0 #12 December 11, 2003 QuoteThat's nothing. I had a video a while back of a guy who tried to fly a Robinson R22 (small helicopter) with no, that's zero, training. His buddy videotaped the attempt. Remarkably he was actually able to keep it in the air for ten seconds or so, but then the inevitable happened. Since he survived he's not eligible for the Darwin awards. I think this is the one you're talking about...damn its a pisser! http://download.consumptionjunction.com/multimedia/cj_13965.wmv Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #13 December 11, 2003 Yep, seen that one. it's a schweizer 300. Amazing to see how fast you can get one of those spinning when you don't know what those pedals in front of you are for. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrongWay 0 #14 December 11, 2003 Holy shit on a stick, what happened???? Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n2skdvn 0 #15 December 11, 2003 QuoteHoly shit on a stick, what happened???? one quote Quote hold my beer and watch this...if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #16 December 11, 2003 Crap! That guy was having a bad freakin' day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aviatrr 0 #17 December 11, 2003 Actually...ditching IS in the AFM....but that's not the way I was taught to ditch! Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aviatrr 0 #18 December 11, 2003 QuoteYep, seen that one. it's a schweizer 300. Amazing to see how fast you can get one of those spinning when you don't know what those pedals in front of you are for. Looks like a Hughes 269 - the predecessor to the Schweizer 300 series...but basically the same thing. Those pedals are easy to figure out though.....the right one is to go faster, the left one is to go slower....right? Good thing there's no clutch, or else I'd never be able to fly the things.. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #19 December 11, 2003 Hahaha! There probably is a clutch... I know there is in R22s! Ok Mr. Smarty Pants. Name the helicopter in the attachment. Guarantee ya don't get this one right. Yeah I know it's too small to see details. Best pic I could find. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Designer 0 #20 December 11, 2003 Opps,no thinking there.(lol) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aviatrr 0 #21 December 11, 2003 QuoteOk Mr. Smarty Pants. Name the helicopter in the attachment. Guarantee ya don't get this one right. Yeah I know it's too small to see details. Best pic I could find. Dave Can't tell from that pic...it appears to be one of the 300 variants, but without seeing the engine or cockpit can't really tell. It may even be the Schweizer 333, but, again, can't tell without seeing the engine or cockpit. Mike Edit - actually, it can't be the 333....tail boom is different...but the cockpit looks similar to the very first 333. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #22 December 11, 2003 Well....close...sorta. It's a Shanghai Sikorsky Shen 2B. It's a schweizer 300 built under license by a joint venture between the "Little Eagle Science and Technology Company" and Sikorsky Aircraft in China. http://www.shanghaisikorsky.com/ Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ripper0289 0 #23 December 11, 2003 I always wondered how much help playing realistic flight simulators would help in a hypothetical, there's a giant fireball approaching and the only way out is a helicopter situation. I've never flown a helo, I've never even been in one, but what they hey, I'll have a go at it (Can you imagine that waiver, never flown, here's the stick, please don't crash my bird) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #24 December 12, 2003 I've had the chance to fly the RAH-66 Comanche simulator. Once in the full motion, domed screen sim...but with screen and motion shut off. Then again in a non-moving simulator with the night flight program loaded so my only view was the FLIR. Didn't get a chance to really try landing or taking off, but I was able to fly along and even bring it to a hover. Course the simulators aren't completely realistic and the comanche is probably a whole lot easier to fly than any other helicopter. Doesn't want to yaw when the power changes because the fly by wire takes care of it. I've flown a real R22 once. Very much doubt I could have survived without the instructor. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JadedLady 0 #25 December 12, 2003 Jeeeeez.... That just made me sick. That was even worse than the 'Why women shouldn't have online affairs' post. If it were me, I would have preferred to go out with the heli.~~~~ Rachel ~~~~~~~~~~~ -Converting the world one whuffo at a time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
