WOW! This looks very scary to me…man look at all the hydraulic lines and STUFF!..can lots of things go wrong here?
Its the main rotor hub to a Super frelon/hornet.
I’m glad I don’t have to work on that monster.
mark956
Talk about a logistics nightmare! I 2nd mark’s statement…
demono69
Hmmm, Lets see. . .
All that “stuff” on a rotor head spinning almost out of control providing lift, I’d say yep, lots of chances for a thing or a few hundred to go wrong. That’s why we have our enlisted guys fix them and officers just fly 'em.
Don
Don,
Amen brother; your right on the money.
LOL!![:p][:D]
As a former mechanic (aircraft not chopper), I can tell you areas like this are inspected before and after flight. Any sign of a leak or any other problem is fixed right away. Mechanics take great pride in their work and the crew chief in his aircraft. He may have the worst flying bird in the outfit, but to him (or her) it is the best in the outfit.
Tell it like it is brother!..you won’t get any arguments from this crowd[8D]
HOLY [censored], that thing has more cables and servos than my computer.
gotta be atleast 1 maintence person per blade
blessed be the maintence people - the designers savior
That looks like a head on collision between the aerospace and pasta industries!
Spaghetti sculpture takes flight.
the only thing scarier would be accurately recreating it in 1/72! [:0]
And then people wonders why I like the infantry better!!!
Anyone ever take a look at the Main Rotor Hub Assembly of a CH-53D or CH-53E…looks about as bad, but I’d fly in them any day of the week and twice on Sundays (spent over 9 hours in a CH-53E over Pakistan and Afghanistan).
Carl
We used to say, “It takes a college education to break them, and a High school education to fix them.”
And I may step on a few toes here, but I always thought enlisted Air Force were the smartest guys and gals in the world. While other enlisted folk are running off to do battle, “us” AF enlisted folk sent our officers off to do battle and then we ran off to the NCO club to do shots. [;)][:-^]
Don[alien]
We recieved a BIG box the Friday from Mark956…and I can’t open it till XMAS…gee I wonder what it is…maybe a 1/35 Super frelon??.. [:-^]
Thanks MARK![:D]
Paraclete1,
As a USAF PJ I gotta tell ya there’s a few of us USAF enlisted folks who head on into battle as well. If you’re a USAF enlisted member, I’m sure you’ll agree. How about CCT members, TACP, and the various enlisted crewmembers. I’ve got boddies right now sittin over in K-2 getting mortared every other day, and occasionally getting ground fire (HH-60 FE, Gunners, and PJs). They’re giving as good or better than they’re gettin with the GAU-2, but make no mistake, there’s quite a few USAF enlisted members in harms way.
Not trying to get on a rant here but just struck a chord with me. One thing’s for sure (at least in my 13 years experience). In the Helo community, rank really doesn’t come into question too much. We’re all part of the crew and it only takes one guy to say “Boss, I don’t know about this” to make an imput on a mission.
Hey Don, was it the same for USCG Helo crewdogs or what. I’m pretty confident that it probably was.
Salbando
I’d take the designer and smack him about a bit and tell him to stick it on the bit that stays (relatively) still…
Salbando,
I spent 7 years in the Army Reserve crewing UH-1H Medevac’s and you are right about rank didn’t mean squat when you were in the middle of a mission and someone came up with a legitimate question or solution. I used my “180” card in really bad weather more than once! Everyone was thinking it, just took one to say it out loud.
Roger that!!!
Papa-Echo:
LOL !!!
that just about defines the phrase “can of worms”, i’d say !!!
haven’t seen anything like it since an illustration of Medusa’s hairdo ! [:D]
Prince of Styrene II:
no doubt about that ! [:)]
looks like the boys r due 4 some overtime in the maintenance shed !!!
frosty[:)]