Really? How do you guys keep your rating then?
The hell if I know. Apaches and Kiowas dont even have a VOR. I guess the Army figured "well theres only two of them in it so if they go inadvertant F it they've got a FLIR and a GPS."
Really? How do you guys keep your rating then?
Maybe I missed something in another video, but I was under the impression that this was a colateral duty for pilots from the squadron (like our RDO)
Random pilot-type question, but for birds like the U-2 and SR-71, when you go above FL600, is there any sort of contact between you and ATC (since technically it's uncontrolled at those altitudes) and when you come back down into class A, do you just call em up and let em know you're coming back down and where you're headed? Seems kinda funny since the ATC system wasn't really designed for people to go that high.
Really? How do you guys keep your rating then?
Same way it works on deck. The thrust lapse is substantial, but the drag is lower up there, too. The engine only really cares about very few conditions, and most of them are non-dimensional, like Mach number, fuel ratio, etc. So as long as the Mach number at the inlet is in the correct range, and the air/fuel mass flow ratio is maintained by the control system, the engine should run just fine, but you won't get a lot of thrust out of it because the mass flow is so low. I'm sure Huggy could speak to how it "really" works, but that's the idea from a "theory guy."
Same way it works on deck. The thrust lapse is substantial, but the drag is lower up there, too. The engine only really cares about very few conditions, and most of them are non-dimensional, like Mach number, fuel ratio, etc. So as long as the Mach number at the inlet is in the correct range, and the air/fuel mass flow ratio is maintained by the control system, the engine should run just fine, but you won't get a lot of thrust out of it because the mass flow is so low. I'm sure Huggy could speak to how it "really" works, but that's the idea from a "theory guy."
No hate No Worries. Im currantly sitting in instruments contemplating slitting my wrists with my E6B while knowing theres a 50/50 shot of me never flying an instrument rated aircraft in the Army once this is over.
it's a whole lot better to know how to fly instruments and not use it, then not know how and have to use it.
that being said, there's not much point to a VOR in a helo for approaches, since the mins for most VOR approaches are so high you'd just be better off coming in SVFR. There's even less of a need for one if you can file with /G and go GPS direct.
It's not just about the terminal phase of the flight. Getting to that terminal phase w/out hitting anything (a la TERPS) would be nice, too. I've been on several dets where Medevacs was conducted and even though the mission was accomplished, a VOR would have probably been a prudent thing to use had it been onboard.
...that other time we evaced those people from Jurassic Park....
Touche. However, using the "this one time" argument, you can argue for putting just about any piece of gear on the bird (this one det, when we evaced that SEAL that looked like Bruce Willis or that other time we evaced those people from Jurassic Park....). But I can still see how when it comes down to pounds and dollars how the VOR gets left out (having an a/c that can't fly IFR with GPS in the 21st century is mildly criminal though).