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- Thread starter Randy Daytona
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5th Helicopter Squadron stood up at JBA yesterday - its a pretty big deal to my AF helo colleagues in the office. Good looking patch. Its being advertised as a generational, revolutionary employment. The 25 or so UH-1N's are on a scramble alert posture (with a klaxon and everything) with timed aircrew runs from the alert shack to "cocked and loaded" aircraft where the right seater can crank up as soon as they are seated and the blade tie-down quick release pulled.
Is this possible with a Hawk? We'll see.
@hscs how quickly can you crank a aircraft from cold and dark?
Is this possible with a Hawk? We'll see.
@hscs how quickly can you crank a aircraft from cold and dark?
Well, you know what they say about fast hands…..
It really depends on how the alert is set and what’s in the checklist. An Army H60 has fewer items to check than a Navy H60, driven by policy and risk (think overwater vs overland).
I would also offer that older aircraft could be started quicker, as you don’t need to wait for a glass cockpit to boot up.
I would also say that the ‘crank’ without strapping is PAO bs. You can start the APU, get strapped in while it starts, and then go do the rest. And lots of organizations also measure and practice alert responses.
Thought this article might be a useful primer on helicopter developments in China:
www.twz.com
A Guide To China’s Expanding Fleet Of Military Helicopters
China’s rotary fleet is evolving into a more capable, homegrown force, bringing new reach and flexibility to operations on land and at sea. China’s rotary fleet is evolving into a more capable, homegrown force, bringing new reach and flexibility to operations on land and at sea.
www.twz.com
Yes.
No we are actually trained to fuck away basic PQM-level EPs.
The vid didn’t load at first, so I imagined some spicy engine failure in transition with a little loss of tail rotor authority thrown in.
Yeah, they, uh, flawlessly put it back down when it didn’t want to be up there anymore.
Avionics were more of a limiting issue on the -60S. APU then dual engine start could happen very quickly but you had to have the ground power holding the avionics on. Depending on temperature, doing that without ECS to cool them could be bad. If I remember correctly:
Alert 5: sitting in the bird, APU on, ready to start
Alert 15: Bird spotted, spread, started and spun, then shutdown, avionics on, APU off
Alert 30: Cold steel but spread and spotted. I'm guessing this is where they will be?
Alert 60: Stuffed and folded