Collar your autopilot servo circuit breakers. If they fight you pull them. Lots of pilots don't know what to do if a servo gets stuck and constantly tries to override your input.
I think there are commercial solutions for these difficult conditions. But I am not too sure about that too. The marsh conditions will definitely make it even more challenging.
Hovering the helicopter during a rescue(hovering in general ) puts an IMMENSE load on the helicopter , uses the most horsepower and burns the most fuel . Contrary as it sounds dumping all that fuel is saving a TON of weight & is allowing the helicopter to have more stable performance and power on tap incase they need to maneuver . Now they are done searching they know there they are they can dump the extra fuel to get better performance out of the helicopter .
@Kjubb Also may not have been expecting two male patients. So max weight may could have been a concern. Like he said they get better performance if they're lighter. No idea what their standard operating procedures are. But makes sense to me that they'd always take off with full tanks. And dump fuel if the mission requires it. You can burn and dump fuel if you need to. But you can't put more in.
Collar your autopilot servo circuit breakers. If they fight you pull them. Lots of pilots don't know what to do if a servo gets stuck and constantly tries to override your input.
The Coast Guard was probably close to gross weight and knew that they would be lifting 300 -400 pounds of new people onto the helicopter
So, in cases like these, sunken, beached planes etc, who or how do they recover the aircraft?
I think there are commercial solutions for these difficult conditions. But I am not too sure about that too. The marsh conditions will definitely make it even more challenging.
Boats with cranes
can someone explain why did the CG need to dump fuel? I’m not that well versed when it comes to this kind of stuff but i’m curious
Hovering the helicopter during a rescue(hovering in general ) puts an IMMENSE load on the helicopter , uses the most horsepower and burns the most fuel . Contrary as it sounds dumping all that fuel is saving a TON of weight & is allowing the helicopter to have more stable performance and power on tap incase they need to maneuver . Now they are done searching they know there they are they can dump the extra fuel to get better performance out of the helicopter .
@@euba0149 Thank you!!
@Kjubb Also may not have been expecting two male patients. So max weight may could have been a concern. Like he said they get better performance if they're lighter.
No idea what their standard operating procedures are. But makes sense to me that they'd always take off with full tanks. And dump fuel if the mission requires it. You can burn and dump fuel if you need to. But you can't put more in.
Request for not native English speakers; write numbers in 1-2-3 or 123 format and not one two three etc please. Easier to read
Thank you for sharing, that's something I have been thinking about too. As to which will be easier for everyone to understand.