Mad Props

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/29/2016 at 12:41 • Filed to: planelopnik, helicopterlopnik

When a woman was severely injured in a fall while hiking in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, professional SAR personnel couldn’t get her out, and the SAR helicopter pilot deemed it too risky to attempt a hoist. So pilot Constantin Apvloaei from a local helicopter touring company took the job on himself, carefully maneuvering his Dauphin helicopter close to the mountain and winching the victim to safety.

DISCUSSION (16)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn
08/29/2016 at 12:56

I think if the props are on a helicopter they’re called rotors. Sorry, I had to.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/29/2016 at 12:58

Yeah, but “Mad Rotors” doesn't sound as good. I could go on at length about how props and rotors are both spinning wings....

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn
08/29/2016 at 13:46

I’m really impressed that that helicopter could carry the crew, the rescuee, and the pilot’s MASSIVE BALLS.

I got a laugh at the Mail Online logo jumping all around. Digital steadicam applied after the watermark was added?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn
08/29/2016 at 13:47

I don’t doubt this.

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
08/29/2016 at 13:55

Interestingly, it was just this inspiration that was one of the great breakthroughs for the Wright Brothers. Previously, inventors conceived the airplane prop along the lines of a boat propeller.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn
08/29/2016 at 13:57

That is interesting!

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
08/29/2016 at 14:40

They were some smart guys, to be sure. The great unsung hero of the dawn of aviation, though, is Charlie Taylor, their mechanic, who built the engine that powered the Flyer. To save weight, he built the block out of cast aluminum, which just wasn’t done at the time. The Wrights calculated that they needed 8 hp, and Taylor’s engine generated 12. And he designed and built it in just six weeks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_T…

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn
08/29/2016 at 15:02

Couldn’t have done it without you, Chuck!

I didn’t know about the death of a passenger and Orville’s serious injury prior to their success. It’s good to consider the physical risks they were taking along with the monetary and professional ones.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn
08/29/2016 at 18:45

You could certainly fool me into believing that the guy knew what he was doing.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/29/2016 at 19:34

I’m sure he knew exactly what he was doing. It’s hard to tell from the camera angle just how tight it was. There might have been more room than it looks.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn
08/29/2016 at 19:46

There was a time when I was still new at driving when Dad told me not to make a turn in front of a car and I made the turn anyway because I knew I could make it work. I just knew . That guy might have known the spot better than SAR did, and though I’m no hee-hee-sha-sha expert, that looked like a pretty cutting-edge ship. And no telling what other kind of flying experience the pilot may have had, lifting air conditioners onto rooftops, or whatever. Why would his tour helicopter have had a winch?

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/29/2016 at 20:01

The winch question is interesting. I looked up the company website (don't remember it now) and they do all sorts of heli work, from tours to industrial. I imagine it comes as an option from the factory. If you're going to spend all that money, why not toss in for a winch?

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/29/2016 at 20:04

Re the turn, and looking forward to teaching my oldest to drive in two years (he’ll be 14 on 9/5), I would probably advise against the turn too. But then admitted that I knew he had time, but then encourage him to wait anyway, as long as he was learning. I still remember driving the Caprice to the cemetery for my first lessons.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn
08/29/2016 at 20:06

Yeah. Were you in the car for that turn?

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/29/2016 at 20:07

Don't remember. Probably not. That was a LONG time ago.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn
08/29/2016 at 20:26

It was downtown. No matter.