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Cadet57 25 Apr 14, 00:47Post
RAF(?) Lynx landing on a ship deck in some VERY choppy seas. Some chops on the crew of that whirlybird.



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ShyFlyer (Founding Member) 25 Apr 14, 01:07Post
Before watching the video, I was about say that they probably wenches the chopper aboard using a cable. They did not. Extra points award to the crew.

Cadet57 wrote:RAF(?)

Royal Navy.
Make Orwell fiction again.
JeffSFO (Photo Quality Screener & Founding Member) 25 Apr 14, 01:27Post
ShyFlyer wrote:Before watching the video, I was about say that they probably wenches the chopper aboard using a cable. They did not. Extra points award to the crew.

I was wondering why they didn't use a beartrap winch and then stumbled across the original video from Prism Defence. It's a demo of their Ship Helicopter Integration/Ship Helicopter Operating Limits system and is crewed by Prism personnel:

Prism Defence (http://www.prismdefence.com) specialise in Ship Helicopter Integration, and provides a wide range of services within this realm.

In particular, Prism are responsible for the development of Ship Helicopter Operating Limits. This involves safely taking the helicopter to the edge of the envelope; that is, the point at which more extreme conditions would make the aircraft unsafe to fly.

The limits are based on a combination of environmental factors and ship motion. Operating helicopters onboard ships is extremely complex, due in part to the difficulty of landing a helicopter on a moving platform, but also due to numerous practical engineering issues.

This video shows a landing conducted by a Prism Defence Test Pilot and Flight Test Engineer during development of Ship Helicopter Operating Limits for the Lynx Mark 90B helicopter onboard the KNUD RASMUSSEN class Offshore Patrol Vessel.




ShyFlyer wrote:
Cadet57 wrote:RAF(?)

Royal Navy.


Royal Danish Navy.
Click Click D'oh (Photo Quality Screener & Founding Member) 25 Apr 14, 14:07Post
Getting it on the deck in rough weather is only half the fun. What happens once it's on the deck is the other half.

We sleep peacefully in our beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf
 

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