Mil Mi-26 carrying Tupolev 134 Jet

[Waynester]

Still impressive, to lift this in addition to its own weight!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbHBlrIBZVA&fe...

[vtgts300kw]

How much would the plane actually weigh? It's probably just a shell?

[tuffer]

So long as its moving forward the Plane will be creating lift so will weigh less.............

[Brigand]

Isn't that chopper the biggest helicopter in the world at the moment? It's certainly the Russkie's super-heavy lift helicopter, if memory serves.

[Eric Mc]

It is and it has been for over 30 years.

[Zaxxon]

tuffer said:

So long as its moving forward the Plane will be creating lift so will weigh less.............

I thought that they put bags of helium in it

[Eric Mc]

tuffer said:

So long as its moving forward the Plane will be creating lift so will weigh less.............

I doubt it.

[fatboy69]

That's an impressive piece of flying by the helicopter pilot.

[chazola]

vtgts300kw said:

How much would the plane actually weigh? It's probably just a shell?

not much, it's quite a small aircraft to start with and it's had the engines and no doubt all fuel removed. Still cool though, love how it puts it down nice and gently

[tuffer]

Eric Mc said:

tuffer said:

So long as its moving forward the Plane will be creating lift so will weigh less.............

I doubt it.

No.......really!

[Eric Mc]

tuffer said:

Eric Mc said:

tuffer said:

So long as its moving forward the Plane will be creating lift so will weigh less.............

I doubt it.

No.......really!

Well, how was I to know you were cracking a joke?

People make all sorts of odd statements on PH that indicate lack of knowledge of aerodynamics etc. Sometimes it's quite fun to educate them a bit .

[tuffer]

Sorry, I should have included a Plane on a treadmill gif

[Eric Mc]

tuffer said:

Sorry, I should have included a Plane on a treadmill gif

Now THAT would have worked.

[FourWheelDrift]

Was it retrieving the aircraft that had run off the end of the runway a while back?

[maffski]

Eric Mc said:

tuffer said:

Sorry, I should have included a Plane on a treadmill gif

Now THAT would have worked.

But what if the helicopter was on a turntable?

[Hilts]

YTcomment said:

Same helicopter is used to transport rosie o'donnell

I laughed.

[Eric Mc]

maffski said:

But what if the helicopter was on a turntable?

Depends on what way round the blades are rotating and the way round the turntable is rotating.

[Fat Albert]

The last thing you want is an under-slung load that starts 'Flying' as it can start doing very odd things and cause the chopper to behave erratically or start oscillations that build and build...in that case you have to slow down, put down or get rid....

[tuffer]

Fat Albert said:

The last thing you want is an under-slung load that starts 'Flying' as it can start doing very odd things and cause the chopper to behave erratically or start oscillations that build and build...in that case you have to slow down, put down or get rid....

I like the "get rid" option, always wanted to see a Chinook drop a Rapier kit when I was in, then I would not have to roll out (and back in) all the bloody cables.

[Fat Albert]

On the Wessex the Captain had an electrical switch on the cyclic to ditch the load and I had a mechanical lever by the door to release the hook.

One of my coursemates was doing Underslung Load training with one of the 1200 lb concrete blocks that we used, transitioning from Shawbury to a confined area site to do the advanced coursework of trying to drop a load in a make-believe German Forest Clearing (the cold war was still on in them days!!)

During transit the captain noticed that the aircraft was suddenly climbing, the crewman peered underneath and found that the entire load was missing! The flew back over their track and couldn't see the load, however a farmer called later on to complain that he had a dead cow with a 1200 lb block on it!!!

Neither the Captain nor the Crewman admitted to chopping the load....must have been an electrical fault in the hook....