Winnie Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 I did a power check on an L3, we got to 14.500 feet over dryden, when the engineers pen exploded... Winnipeg center was just giggling, wondering what in the world we were doing there anyways. 3 of us onboard, + less than half fuel... LEarned our lesson I guess. That one (C-GACG) was a powerhouse! Sure coulda pulled some stumps with it. Cheers H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helilog56 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Had oxygen on board did ya Winnie????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnie Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Shhhhh.... Climbed the last 1500 feet while trying to get the collective down.... But yes, yes ofcourse, the guy in the back had 10% for the time spent above 13.000... Cheers H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47G Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 .... I was lifting a heavy load with a four point when one of the clevises that was knuckled under let go with a jolt. Because I had full power on the nodal beam set up a resonance between the rotor system and the load. It was a violent vertical hump that was taking me out of the seat. Lucky I just put the load down and in getting rid of the power the resonance settled down. .... Just curious MC, how long was the line and what was it made from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Continuous Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 It was about a 20 ft. steel line with a four point on it. Only time it ever happened. I think it may not have happened with a 100 footer steel or carbon. Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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