Helicopter damper

[James1979]

Did you go to bones in Esbjerg?

 

[zeppelin builder]

mostly the jakey bars think one was called the royal albert was,across from an american diner , hilarious full of esbergs dregs of society
the last trip me and my sidekick from wick did a rare 3wk ns we got flown off rig first flight in morning
when we got to esberg the easter celebrations were on full blast thousands of bikes in the square
pubs open . breakfast was lots of vodka and red bulls and at daft o cock we stoated back to our hotel , wee gavin was
spewing up on the plane to aberdeen next day blamed it on e powder

 

[Bullet2012]

Couple of weeks ago one forgot how to fly.

Four people escape crashed helicopter in Oxfordshire

The helicopter carrying the group landed on its side in a garden at about 13:00 BST on Saturday.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[My Old Landy]

The last time I was in a helicopter, we had to jump out the back while it hovered over Salisbury plain. A Chinook, 1987 I think. I haven't been in one since!

 

[Norsk]

Have you e er been on a HUET course?

Of course he has.
He was the door gunner on a Space Shuttle

 

[RWD3M]

A vague recollection that some military helicopters have depleted uranium tips....

The use of depleted uranium is quite common in the aerospace industry, mostly (though not exclusively) in the mass balancing of flight control surfaces.

 

[brightspark]

The use of depleted uranium is quite common in the aerospace industry, mostly (though not exclusively) in the mass balancing of flight control surfaces.

du is used in tank shells and 30mm a10 wart hog Gatling guns Armour piercing rounds

 

[500e]

Use it in ends of some blades as ballance weights

 

[cardiffrob]

We get some huge chunks of Tungsten from balance weights. About the size of a small loaf of bread. All go in the metal skip.

 

[northwest]

Did a bit of agency work for the odd trip over the years to keep the hours up on my vantage card (use it or lose it and often I wouldn’t get on a heli for months). Anyway. I did 2no 3week trips on one rig. The radio operator was a big fat fk. He was made by everyone else, forcefully a few times, to sit in the middle seat. His nickname was ‘plug’. You can work out why I’d think if you’ve ever seen the windows on a 139

These people are just fekking dangerous and every single one I have ever met are very selfish to boot.

Who knew you could find even more reasons to not go in a helicopter over water

I was in the Gulf of Mexico and our "ferry" was a yank who thought he was on combat missions all of the time. His party piece was to fly full chat at wave top height and give it full collective at the last minute, leaving your guts about sea level. It all ended badly apparently, thankfully I wasn't there to experience it.

My best experiences were all with Dutch crews, they seemed to have the best food and best booze of all, but again that sometimes ended badly :-)

 

[Bki26]

We get some huge chunks of Tungsten from balance weights. About the size of a small loaf of bread. All go in the metal skip.

Get that listed on here!

 

[Morrisman]

These people are just fekking dangerous and every single one I have ever met are very selfish to boot.


I was in the Gulf of Mexico and our "ferry" was a yank who thought he was on combat missions all of the time. His party piece was to fly full chat at wave top height and give it full collective at the last minute, leaving your guts about sea level. It all ended badly apparently, thankfully I wasn't there to experience it.

My best experiences were all with Dutch crews, they seemed to have the best food and best booze of all, but again that sometimes ended badly :-)

We had one chopper take off from the rear helideck of one of our ships, then witnesses saw it just move across and drop down into the water. Nobody had any idea why, nothing sounded amiss, motors were still running etc.

Investigation went forward and it turned out the cowboy flying was used to crew changing oil rigs, with the helideck 200' above water level, and he delighted in pulling this stomach dropping lurch over the edge then swooping back up to 'impress' his passengers. Either he was hungover or just an idiot, but the trick doesn't work when the helideck is 40' above sea level....

I assume he lost his licence after that incident. Nobody got hurt, just a rather expensive helicopter went to Davy Jones Locker.

 

[James1979]

Get that listed on here!

Absolutely. I’d buy a chunk.

Not like weight is going to kill the postage is it

 

[cardiffrob]

Some 30kg chunks are being used to weigh down some Tarps. One wonders what other use there is for it??

 

[James1979]

Some 30kg chunks are being used to weigh down some Tarps. One wonders what other use there is for it??

None. Other than it may come in handy…..

 

[RWD3M]

Some 30kg chunks are being used to weigh down some Tarps. One wonders what other use there is for it??

Well, it does have almost exactly the same atomic mass as gold, so with a bit of plating it'll look quite good sat on your desk

I have a small ingot here (about 1lb) but the plating costs are ludicrous!

 

[northwest]

Some 30kg chunks are being used to weigh down some Tarps. One wonders what other use there is for it??

unless you have a very serious processing plant, none at all.

 

[Bki26]

Some 30kg chunks are being used to weigh down some Tarps. One wonders what other use there is for it??

Desk toy/apprentice whacker?

Hell I'd drive all the way down just to get one of those and mill it into a cube.

 

[Maker]

I'll take a loaf of tungsten if they're going begging, so that I may become "Fully accustomed to the intensity of its density".

My brother bought a little cube after watching that video.

 

[stuvy]

Good for reaction foot plates

It wears down at 1mm a year from fusion

(Might have to check but sure that’s what I was told)