Random Griz Aviation Musings

[Gatordev]

Nice, very clean, hangar! I’m used to seeing them with an old boat, bits and pieces of unrelated aircraft, and several old boxes marked “airplane stuff” with an airplane crammed in the middle.

My hangar is less than a year old, but it also doubles as a spider factory.

 

[ChuckMK23]

ChuckMK23 the sadistic CFI delivering a little partial panel ILS practice for my student - who has an instrument rating checkride scheduled in the coming week.

 

[Griz882]

@ChuckMK23 the Wicked rules the skies!

Did you give him a wet-willie on final? If not, why?

 

[Python]

ChuckMK23 the sadistic CFI delivering a little partial panel ILS practice for my student - who has an instrument rating checkride scheduled in the coming week.

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Gotta give him the partial NDB like I had to do (with the Garmin taken away too)!

 

[taxi1]

Use the force, grasshopper

 

[Jim123]

Little does your student realize the partial panel approach is sometimes easier with fewer instruments competing for your attention. Don't give away the secret though!

 

[Griz882]

Kid probably felt like this...

 

[wink]

ChuckMK23 the sadistic CFI delivering a little partial panel ILS practice for my student - who has an instrument rating checkride scheduled in the coming week.

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My kind of partial panel. No fancy sticky things from Sporty's. More realistic. You know, like a piece of paper will blow up and get stuck behind the knobs and plastic panel facing. Can't imagine one of those rubber suction cup thingies blowing up and sticking on the instrument. Never happen! Totally bogus. Last leg's log, sure, I can see that .

 

[AllAmerican75]

ChuckMK23 the sadistic CFI delivering a little partial panel ILS practice for my student - who has an instrument rating checkride scheduled in the coming week.

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So in this scenario, are you supposed to rely upon your VVI, turn coordinator, and altimeter to estimate the aircraft's attitude? How do you land like this? Just go visual and rely on the various lighting systems and Mk1 eyeball?

 

[skybert]

At night, while you light matches in his face. One of the best flying books of all time.

 

[wink]

Working on the UH-1H restoration today. Found this amusing. Official Army stencil on the gyro. Located in an avionics bay. Can't imagine how you could step on it. And what if you like your eggs scrambled?

 

[Griz882]

Well, he has a CDI. If he were to roll to either side he wouldn’t be able to keep the lines crossed unless he applied some top rudder. If he went inverted he abaol

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Working on the UH-1H restoration today. Found this amusing. Official Army stencil on the gyro. Located in an avionics bay. Can't imagine how you could step on it. And what if you like your eggs scrambled?

If, however, you read beneath it, it appears they are willing to give you a little latitube.

 

[Griz882]

Perfect morning to knock out a cool and easy 2.0!

 

[IKE]

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Working on the UH-1H restoration today. Found this amusing. Official Army stencil on the gyro. Located in an avionics bay. Can't imagine how you could step on it. And what if you like your eggs scrambled?

The Blackhawk family (including MH-60S) has pitot-static probes above the cockpit doors, while the Seahawk family has pitot tubes on the nose and static ports behind the cockpit doors. I asked a couple engineers in Stratford if it was an upgrade from the 60A to the 60B, and they said they wanted the Seahawk setup on the UH-60A, but the Army was concerned grunts would use the nose-mounted pitot tubes as handholds or footsteps... guess the Army doesn't think much of their enlisted folks.

 

[Griz882]

The Blackhawk family (including MH-60S) has pitot-static probes above the cockpit doors, while the Seahawk family has pitot tubes on the nose and static ports behind the cockpit doors. I asked a couple engineers in Stratford if it was an upgrade from the 60A to the 60B, and they said they wanted the Seahawk setup on the UH-60A, but the Army was concerned grunts would use the nose-mounted pitot tubes as handholds or footsteps... guess the Army doesn't think much of their enlisted folks.

Never underestimate a grunt and where he might want to hang his shirt, rifle, field gear...I wouldn’t be surprised to see a laundry line running off a Blackhawk rotor blade.