Military Helicopter - Inflight Refueling

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This Helicopter causes his own problem during in-flight re-fueling.

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Military Helicopter - Inflight Refueling

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  • Can You Say

    OOOOOPS

    By QA66 1138630707 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Turbulence

    Yes, it will probably be contributed to pilot error, however, if you watch the basket during the IFR, you see it drop drastically. That was caused by either wind shear or poor piloting of the refueling aircraft. I doubt the pilot of the helo gets dinged for it.

    By Erk 1132834884 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • I hope this was just a training mission

      because errors like that are exactly what training missions are meant to prevent. If there was turbulence (and I believe there was based on the action of the tanker) the helo’s training would have been to ease back on the stick and add a little collective so the basket can stabilize. This is very important with helo’s over fixed wings because of the forward attitude they have to fly to keep speed up. Inexperienced pilots transitioning from fixed wing to rotor tend to error by focusing on the basket too much. If they follow it down, they get caught in the predicament of having the basket moving towards the rotors risking catastrophic problems. Once he nosed down further to follow the basket (or didn’t pull back slightly to counter the air), it was pretty much all over. Either the refueling line was going to hit the rotors or he was going to have to risk his own probe by pulling up sharp. I’m sure the helo pilot will get dinged some for it, but not grounded.

      By BeenThere 1136661057 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
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    By gwendolinsexywomanvi 1191423429 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • part of life, mistakes

    being in naviation for 17 years, id say the chopper pilot did the best he could with the experience he has...could happen to the best........only human.nothing is 100 percent ..nothing... keep up the good work troop, S**t happens

    By getsome more 1166983439 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Possible fix?

    Either pilot or bad engineering maybe even bad turbulence might have played in that mess up. but looking at the fuel line and how it was moving around in bad tubulence or not. A possible fix would seem to install a weight approx 15-20ft or more, up line fm the basket would probably steady that line a little more and even make the fuel line in a "L" shape, might make it easier to dock w/---???

    By Dgr8t1 1166125997 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • awww

    it's a clip of a humming bird S**king on a rose lol

    By mushaakiss 1146027115 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • ???

    What Cracked Off

    By milmil1 1139049895 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Ive never seen that be4

    never ever..
    Thats why im on metacafe.. eh? am I right, its not to start an arguement.
    (im not trying to lol)
    Dont judge me by name people...

    By DarkLight 1138970336 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • almost dead

    Good thing the refueling boom was not hit by the angle of the propelers!

    By 52x 1138461686 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • lucky

    he whacked his own probe, not the refuelling boom :) and extreme rotor angles like that have been known to cause much worse mishaps than that - such as the rotor striking the tail boom of the helicopter! all due to inexperience and probably a bit of panic on the pilot's behalf - like maximus said, but you gotta learn somehow

    By dan3000 1138396060 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • bad design

    I think that the rotor should have never touched the refueling probe...or that manouver is not allowed ... probably the probe was modified after the accident

    By landie 1136053261 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • either that

      or adjustments were made to the tilting ability of the rotor. the refuelling probe should be as long as possible, to get the hose the furthest away from the rotors.

      By JasonS 1139632037 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • pitch

    the articulated rotor angle(s) are referred to as pitch. and listen-up tomuk, dan3000, and landie, you obtuse jackasses. that CH-53 was USMC, and the mishap was caused by a tropospheric thermal event. keep your assinine and derogatory amateur commentary to yourselves.

    By oaMaaM 1138472835 Reply Spam [-2] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • rude!!

      why do u have to be so rude oaMaaM? Cant u reply in a civilized manner to an inoffensive comment? I said what I think happened, not what actually happened as I was not there... but you sound so sure of yourself dont u? now this tropospheric thermal event... isint it a bit complicated? maybe u should explain it better mate so we all learn something ... we're all ears! and take things a bit more lightly man

      By landie 1139664460 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • no S**t

      you mean that wasn't 18 km above the earth's surface?? and I don't can't if it was marines or F**king air cadets, that was a funny video caused by somebody F**king up their job - point is he/she shouldn't have overreacted but they did and it was funny. Metacafe is all about amateur commentary you asinine S**t :-p

      By dan3000 1138483652 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • This was funny?

      It wasn't even humorous.

      By socrfan 1138746639 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • uh, riggghhht..

      i don't recall elevation being an issue, dan.003. "i don't can't..." what's that? you certainly are an amateur. and what's with the gay little symbology at the end of your retarded comment? funny would be seeing you getting your little prick caught in your zipper. thanks for tuning-in, shitlick.

      By oaMaaM 1138506791 Reply Spam [-2] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • whoops

      shoulda spellchecked eh? I think you can get the drift tho unless you are, as I suspect, retarted. The troposphere, is case you didn't bother reading whichever of your remedial reading textbooks you got that little snippet out of, is the layer of atmosphere extending from ground level to 18km (about 60,000 feet) above sea level. The CH53 has an operating celing of of 12,450 feet so it is unlikely it is going to encounter a non-tropospheric event is it? Don't try and be such a smartass. Oh and correct, I am an amateur otherwise I wouldn't be wasting time talking to you would I? btw is "oaMaaM" just the sound you make when ur mother F**ks you up the arse with her clit or does that have some deeper meaning? BUUUURRRRNNNN loser

      By dan3000 1138517703 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • let me see if i've got this correct

      blah, blah, blah. more drivel that does nothing to diminish my comments. blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. more useless blather. but wait, here's something. you have an oedipus complex, and are so ashamed of your perversion and sickness that you're planning self-immolation. great, i'll get the kerosene and matches.

      By oaMaaM 1138553414 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • wow.

      .
      what can I say. I guess you have me completely intellectually outnumbered. I guess pulling random, slightly relevant facts off the internet does not win battles of wit. Oh wait, thats what you do.. hmmmm. Oh well, save your kero & matches for a flaming dunny roll fight - I'm not a Buddhist. By the way I stand by my original comments - it has nothing to do with who was flying the chopper or what caused the incident, that was classic cartoon style comedy in real life. End of Discussion

      By dan3000 1138587262 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • !

      Hehe! Way to shut OhMum up! ;)

      By drall 1138636541 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • be assured the internet is not my source

      but i won't yield to arrogance and explain how i've come to know as much as i do. self-immolation is not exclusive to buddhists. our written dialogue was never a discussion, but consummatum est. ergo, tempus abire tibi est.

      By oaMaaM 1138635909 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
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