Official Helicopter Enthusiasts Thread

my dad is on the way out to Mesa AZ right now and said he would send me a photo of the battery operated "wireless" cart they use at the Police Department to pull the ship out to the ramp. Supposedly it pushes up under the belly like a scissor lift, then they drive it out with a wireless hand controller, sounds cool.

 

A guy I met in Sulphur LA had this remote controlled dolly. He'd just sit in his aircraft and drive himself to the hangar. Pretty cool. It was a $30k dolly though

 

photos my dad just sent from Mesa PD in AZ of their dolly.

 

wow! that's super cool.

 

Nice piece of kit. Ask him if the belly is reinforced to take the weight.

 

i remember just using skid wheels in my uncles shop, which was pretty easy already.

 

Been a helicopter crewman / rescue swimmer in the navy for the past 15 years. Definitely had its fun times and scary times. My most recent deployments have been counter-narco terrorism operations in South America.

Good times for sure.

Trey

 

he just asked the mechanic and he said no, it displaces the weight ok, so no airframe mod.

 

Hmm, interesting!

 

This is a cool thread

I'm surprised to see we have quite a few rotary guys here... I will confess, you guys are TRULY pilots, flying an actual machine.... a machine that has hundreds of components wanting to tear each other apart.

As a fixed winger, I tip my hat to you all.

I know one of our TW Mods, Brunes is a Coast Guard heli driver.

 

couple more photos my dad sent from Mesa AZ today.

 

An F model and an E model.....nice. I'm flying an F at the moment here in ND. Love em

 

Iv always been interested in becoming a helicopter pilot.. Has anyone ever used their G.I. Bill for their pilot's license?

 

Nice birds!

 

Plenty of people have. There is a big investigation going on at the moment though cause a lot of schools were abusing the shit out of it. Charging crazy amount ms for aircraft, training guys in turbines for rating, etc, which is absurd. They possibly ruined it for good...

 

That blows

 

Here's the one I'm flying in ND at the moment, trying to finish up a new construction job before winter sets in too bad!

 

My uncle uses the D's for his job. Is that the E?

 

Yeah it sure does. I heard of one guy's training costing nearly $500,000. Completely outrageous, seeing that you can do it for $70-$75k.

 

It's a 530FF. Bigger engine (C30 vs a C20 in the E and D), longer blades too for better performance.