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Hung Nose Gear (CH-53)
- Thread starter mules83
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Lonestar155
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Amazing since the helo pilot had to compensate for a pitching deck and other factors... Cool post and amazing skills!
That has to be better than being HST Marines under a -53 in the middle of the desert.
You would be surprised....
Alot of sand at first, but after about 5-10 sec in the hover it isnt horrible.
Is there a reason he lifted back off again before setting it back down? I'm guessing it's either SOP to ensure he doesn't screw up setting it down again in a slightly unusual attitude and strike a rotor, or he had to get weight off the scissor switches for some reason.
I'm guessing, but it looks like he was just repositioning to the spot since he bounced along off the axis of the spot while they were working on it.
Must be nice to have the luxury of maintainers able to fix a stuck gear in flight.
It happened to me. It's not that big of a deal. Our situation was a little different because we were in the desert so we were browned out as we were hovering on the main mounts and the crew chief went out the back to fix the nose gear. Even if the crew chief couldn't get the gear down maintenance will usually get a stack of mattresses to land on.
I can't imagine not having crew chiefs!
I can't imagine not having crew chiefs!
Tactical387
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so the guy that posted the video wrote "one of the reasons I joined the air force" ....cool
cool video though
cool video though