Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Helicopters never break down, no need to spread nasty rumours.
Polar Bear Cartridge
- Thread starter thepolinator
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Helicopters never break down, no need to spread nasty rumours.
Yeah, right
. If I'd have known that I would have told the pilot of our Enstrom to get lost when he asked us to bleed the air out of the rotor hydraulics so that we could fly .There's something vaguely unsettling about pumping the rotors while your pilot taps the hydraulic reservoir with a little hammer prior to firing up the machine.
antiqueguy
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- windsor ontario
this worked well for me but might not be for everyone.............
defense vs hunting big difference
this worked well for me but might not be for everyone.............
Nice bear! How did you have it mounted?
- Location
- Behind a large rock
Did you have back up?
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Yeah, right
There's something vaguely unsettling about pumping the rotors while your pilot taps the hydraulic reservoir with a little hammer prior to firing up the machine.
I'm of the admittedly ill-informed opinion the Enstroms are rare for a reason. I'm interested in trying most helicopters, that one hasn't made the list.
Very smart move! Then again, is there any piston helicopter that an intelligent person is happy to fly in, in places where even the smallest of screwups can be your last?
this worked well for me but might not be for everyone.............
Doug,
how do we say cojones in Yukon ....
defense vs hunting big difference
well defense or not try it just hunting with a black bear then a grizzly then a polar and report it ...
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
The R44II, probably the toughest little machine on the market. Good friend and coworker who's flown up to the 214 and KMAX says of it, "Only machine that hasn't tried to kill me." Was the only machine I know of with a decently long history that had no Airworthiness Directives on it to boot, now there's a blade one, but the new blades will phase that out. If you're ever riding in one, be afraid of the pilot, not the machine- they're aerial tractors and sound like it.
defense vs hunting big difference
Not really, it's really just a matter of who is hunting whom. Just think how nasty it would be out there if the bears spent as much time thinking about human defense as we do about bear defense.
It is a wonderful bear at 10 1/2 feet and I had him life mounted front feet up on a block of ice looking out over his domain. One mistake I made was "mouth closed" when it should have been "open slack" not snarling or roaring but I figured out after the fact that polar bears very seldom close their mouths. They always seem to be open a couple of inches.
The R44II, probably the toughest little machine on the market. Good friend and coworker who's flown up to the 214 and KMAX says of it, "Only machine that hasn't tried to kill me." Was the only machine I know of with a decently long history that had no Airworthiness Directives on it to boot, now there's a blade one, but the new blades will phase that out. If you're ever riding in one, be afraid of the pilot, not the machine- they're aerial tractors and sound like it.
I've flown in Robinsons. We used them in Nicaragua. Never for serious field work. Mostly for touristy 5hit like flying people over the minesites during analyst tours.
At low altitude I like a 500. Old school, lots of grunt at low altitude, short rotors so your pads can be small and toe-ins are safer and the high skids means no unpleasant main rotor through the head incidents when working on uneven ground.
Sounds great, would it be possible for you to post a pic?
Ah WL, it is in a total state of disarray right now with animals all over the floor and crap everywhere. I'm just in the process of packing them all up to move them south to my other residence where my new trophy room is now finished and ready for "the boys". But thanks regardless. It once was a nice trophy room but has been out grown for about 15 years now. My new one is 32 X 48 with a 22 foot open ceiling, should be enough room to last out my hunting days now.
