Richard
Final Approach
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Ack...city life
On a Part 91 flight down to the Carribean out of FLA you declare an emergency and land at Gitmo, whose country did you land in?
Those forward facing wire cutters on helicopters...how do they work? In the event of a wire strike do the cutters in any way deflect the wire down and away from the rotor disc? Or do you take what you get with the possibilty that the wire will deflect upward into the important parts?
Also, what are the actions of the pilot, ie, control inputs? Does he attempt to manage the amount of force applied against the wire? It seems like an attempt to back away from the wire after contact could be a wrong course of action.
Those forward facing wire cutters on helicopters...how do they work? In the event of a wire strike do the cutters in any way deflect the wire down and away from the rotor disc? Or do you take what you get with the possibilty that the wire will deflect upward into the important parts?
Also, what are the actions of the pilot, ie, control inputs? Does he attempt to manage the amount of force applied against the wire? It seems like an attempt to back away from the wire after contact could be a wrong course of action.