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Random Griz Aviation Musings

taxi1

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pilot
Use the force, grasshopper

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wink

War Hoover NFO.
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ChuckMK23 the sadistic CFI delivering a little partial panel ILS practice for my student - who has an instrument rating checkride scheduled in the coming week.

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My kind of partial panel. No fancy sticky things from Sporty's. More realistic. You know, like a piece of paper will blow up and get stuck behind the knobs and plastic panel facing. Can't imagine one of those rubber suction cup thingies blowing up and sticking on the instrument. Never happen! Totally bogus. Last leg's log, sure, I can see that ;) .
 

AllAmerican75

FUBIJAR
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ChuckMK23 the sadistic CFI delivering a little partial panel ILS practice for my student - who has an instrument rating checkride scheduled in the coming week.

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So in this scenario, are you supposed to rely upon your VVI, turn coordinator, and altimeter to estimate the aircraft's attitude? How do you land like this? Just go visual and rely on the various lighting systems and Mk1 eyeball?
 

Griz882

Frightening children with the Griz-O-Copter!
pilot
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Well, he has a CDI. If he were to roll to either side he wouldn’t be able to keep the lines crossed unless he applied some top rudder. If he went inverted he abaol
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Working on the UH-1H restoration today. Found this amusing. Official Army stencil on the gyro. Located in an avionics bay. Can't imagine how you could step on it. And what if you like your eggs scrambled?
If, however, you read beneath it, it appears they are willing to give you a little latitube.
 

IKE

Nerd Whirler
pilot
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Working on the UH-1H restoration today. Found this amusing. Official Army stencil on the gyro. Located in an avionics bay. Can't imagine how you could step on it. And what if you like your eggs scrambled?
The Blackhawk family (including MH-60S) has pitot-static probes above the cockpit doors, while the Seahawk family has pitot tubes on the nose and static ports behind the cockpit doors. I asked a couple engineers in Stratford if it was an upgrade from the 60A to the 60B, and they said they wanted the Seahawk setup on the UH-60A, but the Army was concerned grunts would use the nose-mounted pitot tubes as handholds or footsteps... guess the Army doesn't think much of their enlisted folks.
 

Griz882

Frightening children with the Griz-O-Copter!
pilot
Contributor
The Blackhawk family (including MH-60S) has pitot-static probes above the cockpit doors, while the Seahawk family has pitot tubes on the nose and static ports behind the cockpit doors. I asked a couple engineers in Stratford if it was an upgrade from the 60A to the 60B, and they said they wanted the Seahawk setup on the UH-60A, but the Army was concerned grunts would use the nose-mounted pitot tubes as handholds or footsteps... guess the Army doesn't think much of their enlisted folks.
Never underestimate a grunt and where he might want to hang his shirt, rifle, field gear...I wouldn’t be surprised to see a laundry line running off a Blackhawk rotor blade.
 
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