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Got any cool heli pictures ? Let's see 'em _______________________________________________________ I'm sure you have seen many choppers make some daring moves, but this one is spectacular. This attached shot was taken by a trooper in Afghanistan. Pilot is from the Penna. National Guard, and a Keystone Helicopter Corp EMS Pilot employee called to active duty.
This is a "unique" landing operation and this particular military operation was to round up suspects. This guy could park a Cadillac in a Volkswagen spot and have room left over. Man, what a talent ! _______________________________________________________ ( PS. I removed the pilots name for security reasons.)
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Not much talent to land on aft landing gear. In fact, its a common maneuver that is taught in flight school (CH-47D AQC course) and practed by many units in the Army. The CH-47D unique flight control system with differential collective allows such landing maneuvers that are more common in mountain flying conditions. Same principle behind two wheel taxi for the CH-47D (taxing aircraft wtih rear aft wheels touching ground)
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The TGT did go up but stayed within limits. The AH-1F had the improved intakes that was designed to prevent something like that from happening if you fired to many 2.75in Rockets at one time. That probably helped prevent a major TGT spike. The ECU did blow hot air instead of the snow it usually does when it is on ( the Cobra had the best AC system, I miss it) . Later
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You ain't kidding about the ECU in a AH-1. I took a ride in a Cobra from the Arkansas NG several years ago (I think it was a modernized S?) and that thing will spit snowballs at you.
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