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Is this for real?
Landing a heli on Everest at 29,035 ft? And it's a regular single
turbine AS350???? http://www.eurocopterusa.com/Media/N...ail.asp?ID=329 I didn't think they could get that high, let alote hover or take off. |
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JohnO wrote:
Landing a heli on Everest at 29,035 ft? And it's a regular single turbine AS350???? http://www.eurocopterusa.com/Media/N...ail.asp?ID=329 I didn't think they could get that high, let alote hover or take off. No need to climb Everest any more. Maybe now they will start hauling off the litter and dead bodies. -- J Kimmel www.metalinnovations.com "Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum." - When you have their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow. |
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The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote: On 24 May 2006 12:46:03 -0700, "JohnO" wrote: Landing a heli on Everest at 29,035 ft? And it's a regular single turbine AS350???? http://www.eurocopterusa.com/Media/N...ail.asp?ID=329 I didn't think they could get that high, let alote hover or take off. This was a highly modified (read stripped to be as light as possible) A350 B3 flown by one of Eurocopter's factory pilots. The climb to the summit took nearly 2 hours. I doubt the helicopter could carry much more than it's own weight at that altitude so ferrying down stranded climbers or hauling used oxygen bottles off the mountain probably won't happen. Besides, the Sherpas have been hauling the spent bottles down from the mountain for a couple years. If memory serves, they're pretty much all down now. (My wife is into the whole mountain climbing thing and we get magazines here all the time..) Hmm, I see the factory specs for the AS350B3 show a hover ceiling IGE of 22965 ft at minimum weight. That's still pretty damn impressive! |
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The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote: On 24 May 2006 12:46:03 -0700, "JohnO" wrote: Landing a heli on Everest at 29,035 ft? And it's a regular single turbine AS350???? http://www.eurocopterusa.com/Media/N...ail.asp?ID=329 I didn't think they could get that high, let alote hover or take off. This was a highly modified (read stripped to be as light as possible) A350 B3 flown by one of Eurocopter's factory pilots. So what does 'Achieved with a serial AS350B3' mean? I thought that means a factory standard machine. If anything it's carrying extra weight of oxygen bottles for the pilot. The climb to the summit took nearly 2 hours. I doubt the helicopter could carry much more than it's own weight at that altitude so ferrying down stranded climbers or hauling used oxygen bottles off the mountain probably won't happen. Besides, the Sherpas have been hauling the spent bottles down from the mountain for a couple years. If memory serves, they're pretty much all down now. (My wife is into the whole mountain climbing thing and we get magazines here all the time..) |
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I didn't think they could get that high, let alote hover or take off. Actually, its standing at the top wasn't a real hover considering the wind blew at 60 kt or more... |
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With a single engine too! Wow! Pucker factor 10 or 100?
ron *** Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com *** |
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We got to meet the pilot (DJ I think was his name) at HAI... he said
the updrafts were so intense, the collective was bottomed out at the hover, and to decend, he had to do nose dives (pretty dramatic on the video). The power to hover up there was virtually nil... hell, he did a toe-in the entire time, never set it down fully. They had the chopper there too... not highly modified at all, just a factory B3 with a flight recording computer and some cameras. No crazy stripping jobs, it still had all the seats... and Eurocopter made sure to flaunt that the configuration on the stand was the same as it was during the attempt. -Mike Ron Snipes wrote: With a single engine too! Wow! Pucker factor 10 or 100? ron *** Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com *** |
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On 24 May 2006 12:46:03 -0700, "JohnO" wrote:
Landing a heli on Everest at 29,035 ft? And it's a regular single turbine AS350???? http://www.eurocopterusa.com/Media/N...ail.asp?ID=329 I didn't think they could get that high, let alote hover or take off. The AS350B2 (smaller engine version) owns the record for altitude. Somewhere arough 42,000' and some change. |
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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in message ... On 25 May 2006 11:01:28 -0700, "Mike Rotor Nowak" wrote: We got to meet the pilot (DJ I think was his name) at HAI... he said the updrafts were so intense, the collective was bottomed out at the hover, and to decend, he had to do nose dives (pretty dramatic on the video). The power to hover up there was virtually nil... hell, he did a toe-in the entire time, never set it down fully. They had the chopper there too... not highly modified at all, just a factory B3 with a flight recording computer and some cameras. No crazy stripping jobs, it still had all the seats... and Eurocopter made sure to flaunt that the configuration on the stand was the same as it was during the attempt. OK, I stand corrected. **WOW!!** Agreed! I have to ask though. My admittedly limited experience suggests that completely bottoming the collective could cause some overspeed issues with the main rotor. Did they make any comments on that? Just wondering! Fly Safe, Steve R. |
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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
message ... On Fri, 26 May 2006 23:58:02 GMT, "Steve R" wrote: OK, I stand corrected. **WOW!!** Agreed! I have to ask though. My admittedly limited experience suggests that completely bottoming the collective could cause some overspeed issues with the main rotor. Did they make any comments on that? I don't think it would. The engine throttles back as you lower collective.. I'd think the high winds at the summit might do more for overspeeding than anything.. That was my point. He said the pilot had to bottom the collective, just to maintain altitude. Doing that puts the rotor in an autorotative state and, I thought, would cause an overspeed. "If" that's true, it doesn't seem like the pilot would be able to maintain altitude under those circumstances? Was just wondering! :-) Fly Safe, Steve R. |
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