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Quote from: KensAuto on January 31, 2021, 02:27:49 PMAwesome pics boss!I wonder what it would be like to hook up the slings under that Goliath for the first time. Oof...Nate, you did that right? If so, try to describe it for us civies.Its real noisyVery windy while it is hovering forward over you and the loadTouch the hook before you ground the aircraft and the static charge will probably knock you unconsciousThen when the aircraft is ascending to pull the slings tight it gets really windyWhen the load comes off the ground and you're within 100-200 feet you are:1. Inside a tornado2. Probably flying as wellNo one can stand in that downwash with a max gross weight load at an 80 foot hover.Although I've seen many a fool try...
Awesome pics boss!I wonder what it would be like to hook up the slings under that Goliath for the first time. Oof...Nate, you did that right? If so, try to describe it for us civies.
I think they use an E1
Don't forget about the fall when you either get blown off the load or shocked off.
Quote from: Flyin6 on January 31, 2021, 04:00:11 PMQuote from: KensAuto on January 31, 2021, 02:27:49 PMAwesome pics boss!I wonder what it would be like to hook up the slings under that Goliath for the first time. Oof...Nate, you did that right? If so, try to describe it for us civies.Its real noisyVery windy while it is hovering forward over you and the loadTouch the hook before you ground the aircraft and the static charge will probably knock you unconsciousThen when the aircraft is ascending to pull the slings tight it gets really windyWhen the load comes off the ground and you're within 100-200 feet you are:1. Inside a tornado2. Probably flying as wellNo one can stand in that downwash with a max gross weight load at an 80 foot hover.Although I've seen many a fool try...Chief, what do they use to ground it before hooking it?
Nice little show again. How many soldiers would you normally carry? (not the wiki #)
Great pics, D! I see a lot of 36th ID (TXARNG) pics in the tiny ones!
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Makes sense. Think the tractor style would work well with implements using them.Funny ones are on the 53s that have 3 engines, looks weird with the offset intakes. When those flew into MCAS-H Santa Ana they almost pointed the nose straight up bleeding off that airspeed.On a cool note, strangest plane I saw was a TU-95 coming into El Toro, being escorted by 2 F-4s. Mid 70s.
What’s the hook spraying in front of the osprey (pic taken from the trainer jet)?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: JR on February 09, 2021, 05:21:12 PMMakes sense. Think the tractor style would work well with implements using them.Funny ones are on the 53s that have 3 engines, looks weird with the offset intakes. When those flew into MCAS-H Santa Ana they almost pointed the nose straight up bleeding off that airspeed.On a cool note, strangest plane I saw was a TU-95 coming into El Toro, being escorted by 2 F-4s. Mid 70s.WHAT???Soviet nuke bomber landing at a Marine base at the height of the cold war!!Defecting?? Stolen?? Lost, made a wrong turn at the bearing sea?
Quote from: TexasRedNeck on February 09, 2021, 08:56:18 PMWhat’s the hook spraying in front of the osprey (pic taken from the trainer jet)?Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkMy brother in law would tell you they are spraying chemicals to seed the clouds. Weather experiments.
Quote from: Farmer Jon on February 10, 2021, 06:55:08 AMQuote from: TexasRedNeck on February 09, 2021, 08:56:18 PMWhat’s the hook spraying in front of the osprey (pic taken from the trainer jet)?Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkMy brother in law would tell you they are spraying chemicals to seed the clouds. Weather experiments. He'd be correct in saying they were weather experiments