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Another 1.3 on the books..
The OTHER Kevin said
I initially I thought I was ok, but as the day went on, my neck began to stiffen up and started to ache. Better get used to a stiff neck. The longer you fly helicopters, the worse it is for your back and neck. Ergonomics is a foreign word for most helicopter seat designers. Add to that a job that requires a helmet and flying looking out a side door for several hours a day (long line work), and your body will feel like it's been beaten with a stick! Anyway, slopes are some of the hardest maneuvers for a student to get. I always tried to get my students to do it in a two-step process. Skids level and then the landing, VERY slowly. One of the better machines I have flown for slopes was the MBB (now Eurocopter) BO-105. It did some kickin tail down slopes. You would never think it would do well looking at the mast moment indicator in the cockpit. It operates off of a strain-gauge in the mast that measures the bending of the mast. You would think that it would have very lousy slope performance, but if you did it smoothly and slowly it had really good performance. Anyway, keep up the stories. Good inspiration for the beginners and good memories for us of the older generation! Jim Keep up the good |
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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz *AT* adelphia *DOT* net wrote in
message ... Had a rocky start to today's flight and that start began 26 hours earlier. To make a long story short, I got rear-ended on the way to work snip I roll out of the throttle to begin the cool down, apply my frictions and shut off the governor and it's not until about 2 minutes into the cool down I realize my neck is really sore.. Not sure if that was the cause of my problems today or not. I can't recall if it bothered me while we were flying or not but it's likely it was part of my problem today.. Hi Kevin, Sorry to hear about your mishap. I wouldn't under estimate the impact of your unjuries on your flight performance. You may not notice the sore neck while you're flying because you've got too much else to think about but it "will" make a difference. Pre-flighting the pilot is just as, if not more, important than pre-flighting the aircraft! ;-) Glad to know you're not hurt too seriously. Take care of yourself, Fly Safe & keep the updates coming! Steve R. |
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