Kmax

[Zazu]

Worked as a "choker gogher" for 8 years before getting my licence. From a hookers point of view it is one of the best machines out there. K-Max was the first machine I ever worked under. Seen it do some pretty cool s..t! Also too quiet. Sometimes I'd take a nap during maintenance and be woken up with a hook 3 ft above my nose ! Some long days back then.

[canook pilot]

I'm sorry to say that you can get settling with power, but once the load hits the ground the aircraft will come to a stop.

[VERTICAL REF]

Well Canook I tried everything I could to get it to settle with 6000 lbs of concrete and 6500 lbs of wood underneath it and no way, no chance! It will shake like **** but will not settle!

Thats why the topic never even comes up at Bloomfeild! Maybe you were just experiencing LTE?

[canook pilot]

I talked to some other high time Kmax drivers and they said they have had it settle, but like I said before it will stop once the loads is on the ground. I have had also heard of them coiling up 50 feet in the landind due to settleing, so who knows !

All I'm tryng to say is that the school doesn"t talk about it because they never put the aircraft into that kind of position. :up: