@BeachAV8R , Sooooo that guy is still in the Gulag, Right? Americans would probably never have to worry about operating a motor vehicle (plane, chopper… go cart) is we ever did something like that. But he was AWESOME!!!
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I like to think that video was preceded by:
“Hold my Vodka…”
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Because for Russian man, stunt flying should not only look dangerous, it needs to be dangerous.
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As was I!
In saying that, while they didn’t end up getting a faceful of helicopter, I hope they asked for a couple of tons of jettisoned rocket pods for Christmas, because that’s what they got…
I was relieved by the inertia available once I got the autorotation going…and having wheels rather than skids means that you can have a bit of forward speed if the landing surface allows it. I think that big heavy main rotor might give you a bit more inertia than the composite blades of the UH-1H.
Reminds me of another Chickenhawk story - how the instructor had the Huey idling on the ground, twisted off the throttle, picked up a hover, did a 180 turn and put the bird back down before he ran out of inertia in those heavy ‘Nam era metal blades. Badass!
On another note, it’s interesting to look back at how your mind works. There was a nice long bit of field right by the railroad to my front left. I never saw it. When the engines quit, I only had processing power to dump the collective and jettison stores…and then I was too low to do any further landing site selection except get past the houses…I got lucky that the field ahead was suitable.
I’m adding a mental note to keep a lookout for emergency landing sites when breaking off, as that’s a pretty risky phase of flight.
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I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreak me
Yeah, you wreck me
Evidently you have to be norwegian to be able to use sling loads as wrecking balls without catastrophes. So much fun, though! Now I want to try wrecking ball helicopter duels…
On a more serious note, the “cargo view” is a must for sling loads - very handy. Basically the pilot sticks his head out the side window and looks down.
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Meet me at a server of choice at 2000zulu
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did anyone take note of turns in the above video?
all of them (bar a few banks) were (about the nose & about the tail) to the left.
good power management
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No, I was busy trying to source appropriate Russian hardbass to go with the video.
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- Can’t wait to try it out. Thanks for sharing. North winds 10-20 today?
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Yes, however, I am re-rigging my mainsail (for those playing at home, I am changing it to a lazy-jacks configuration to assist in furling). For this we need to send somebody up the mast…somebody, not me, seeing as I have an affinity for falling down and hurting myself. So the guy should be coming it next week…or the next.
I’m now working on the topside wood work. Sanding, wet sanding, teak oil, more teak oil, wait 72 hours, shellack, more shellack, rubbing compound on the fiberglass near the wood work to take off any spillage…and that’s just the wood work.
As my late, great father said, “A boat is a hole in the water that you throw money into.”…and I would now add, that you throw a bunch work into.
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I once had a 15’, all wood Point Jude that I spent so many days and weekends working on each summer. Varnishing, fiberglass repair, stripping, sanding, taping…I wish I still had that boat as I think it would be very therapeutic to do that kind of work. Back then though…I just wanted to get it over with so I could go sail the Potomac with my buddies…
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I’m going to download this soon - thanks for sharing!
I took a couple of days off DCS - I’m slightly embarrassed to say my wrist got tired flying the Hip, haha.
The TMWH standard spring with no extension has a bit of pull to it and while the trim works in reducing the requirement to pull/push, I seem to struggle to keep my forearm relaxed while holding the tension required for accuracy.
I’m stoked we did Hip this month, though - I feel like the systems and the startup etc. have now sunk in to the cortex well enough that if I put her back in the hangar for a bit and suddenly someone wants to do some helo pilot stuff, I can hop back in without too much trouble.
I still have to plan ahead and start descents for landings much much earlier in the Hip than in the Huey - I don’t seem to be able to ride the slow speed descent nearly as easily without falling into VRS. An airliner-like gentle approach through ETL seems to be the key for me.
I can now boot this thing up, fly it, land it where and how I want to without flying all over the place and that’s a whole fat lot more than I could before.
Parking lot (large)
Golf course (medium)
Burger place (small)
Put it on the dot.
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Next step, the roof of the Burger place! 
OK, you may have some trouble with that sign pole.
Also a lot of fun are the offshore oil rigs.
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Hey @Hangar200. Any specific skillset needed for these? I am about to start my Hip month Two Week crash course 
Be aware of fast forming, pointy-shaped low cloud fronts that turn to thunder clashes in under 5 seconds…I’m no weather expert but that stuff seems really unhealthy, so scud running is recommended.
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I did the first mission of the Oil Rig campaign I bought ages ago. Good stuff - finally getting value out of my old purchases!
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That one is sitting in my library too…really do need to give it a shot. I loved The Border campaign for the Mi-8…
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You need to be comfortable flying low and fast…but hey, is anyone really comfortable flying low and fast? 
…that actually sums it up pretty well!
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There are quite a few fun-sounding missions you could build for the Mi-8.
It would be quite cool to build a SAR / emergency supply delivery mission, for example…something like needing to bring a new generator to a research base, who are cut off their supply line, up on a mountain saddle, in a snowstorm. Set up a SAR VHF homing set to transmit at the base.
The pilot will have to navigate the mountain valleys in low visibility with the help of the Doppler nav, with a sling load underneath…you could add some eager mountain tribesmen taking pot shots at you if the above sounds too relaxing.
I openly admit that I might use the NS430 to help with the navigation a bit 
but purists can go full Doppler and not use filthy capitalist satellites.
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