I dunno, I never really thought the dunker was that bad. I did the new one going through API.
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Helo Dunker
- Thread starter HeyJoe
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Man, I liked this website a lot better when the dunker talk amounted to someone asking about how hard the helo dunker is on the API forum and everyone either yelling: "USE THE SEARCH" or "Don't worry about it, it's not that bad."
I just finally got my 1st Class Swim Qual tonight and now I am depressed about having to do pool shit again.
I just finally got my 1st Class Swim Qual tonight and now I am depressed about having to do pool shit again.
First class is a PITA. The instructor I had to drag on the rescues floated about as well as a rock...
Maybe it's a P-3 thing, but I love me some swim phys, too.
The only crappy part was getting kicked in the face by the copilot, who decided to swim cross cockpit and out MY exit. Blindfolded.
The only crappy part was getting kicked in the face by the copilot, who decided to swim cross cockpit and out MY exit. Blindfolded.
Don't worry, I felt that the API swim stuff wasn't nearly as bad as swim quals at TBS.
Is it weird that I actualy liked the 9D5? Just wondering. 
I've always been comfy in and around the water.
My first ride was in the dilbert dunker because the helo dunker was busted at the time. That was pretty cool.
Using HEEDS made the helo dunker even easier. Hang out, take a breath, watch a few people get kicked in the face, then slide out.
One thing I learned is, when doing blindfolded rides in the 9D5, just keep your eyes closed.
I've always been comfy in and around the water.My first ride was in the dilbert dunker because the helo dunker was busted at the time. That was pretty cool.
Using HEEDS made the helo dunker even easier. Hang out, take a breath, watch a few people get kicked in the face, then slide out.
One thing I learned is, when doing blindfolded rides in the 9D5, just keep your eyes closed.
I still don't understand why they need that to be a requal, talk about something that should be first on the chopping block to save money. I'm having a really shitty day if I have to punch out in the ocean get recovered only to be caught in a helo that goes down (the sheer odds are mind-bottling).
A buddy of mine was the simulated survivor for a CSAR event a year or so ago. The rescue helos picked him up and then on the way back to the boat, the helo he was in ended up ditching. Luckily, everyone on board the helo got out. I'm sure the dunker played a huge role in that.
090428-N-3666B-001 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 28, 2009) Capt. Jack Scorby Jr., commanding officer of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, and Cmdr. Susan Jay, director of Aviation Survival Training Center Jacksonville, exit from the new 9D6 Modular Egress Training System after a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Aircrew In-Flight Technician Airman Scott Beach/Released)
Is it weird that I actualy liked the 9D5? Just wondering.
My first ride was in the dilbert dunker because the helo dunker was busted at the time. That was pretty cool.
Using HEEDS made the helo dunker even easier. Hang out, take a breath, watch a few people get kicked in the face, then slide out.
One thing I learned is, when doing blindfolded rides in the 9D5, just keep your eyes closed.
+1...Agreed. Most of you guys sound like babies...the trick to the dunker is to wait for it to stop and then count to 5...by then everyone else is out of the way and you can get out without getting kicked in the face. You aren't underwater for more than 15 seconds. Try holding your breath for 15 seconds right now...same shit. New training with the HABD is cake...
MasterBates
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wlawr.. I challenge you to sit in a ditched helo any longer than it takes for violent motion to stop.
If you haven't noticed, they sink like rocks sometimes.
If you haven't noticed, they sink like rocks sometimes.
MasterBates
Well-Known Member
Train like you fight. And I plan on getting my ass out as soon as the water stops rushing in be it a helo or an E-2. I'm not waiting for anything beyond that.