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  @dutybod115 күн бұрын

  I used to look after this aircraft in 1Flt AAC NI between 1987 and 1991. So nice to see it`s still with us.

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  @peterfeeney72115 күн бұрын

  Fabulous Aircraft. Thanks for this

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  @Aerospotter.16 күн бұрын

  absolutely love the scout, saw it startup and takeoff on Friday, I already want to see it again!

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  @Achilles2218 күн бұрын

  Wow bought back memories from the cockpit, even the rotor noise 😂😂 Ex Scout pilot 657 Sqn AAC

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  @RalphBrooker-gn9iv17 күн бұрын

  We did tgt recces on Op Banner in Scouts, later Gazelles. The Scout was also used for Eagle patrols (tgt pursuit). The Gazelle couldn’t do that role. For patrol insertion in rural areas the Lynx became the stalwart. (We used RAF Wessex then Puma). But AAC were a bit special. I was infantry. There was an AAC WO2. I remember his surname but shalln’t mention it. On the back of his helmet he’d Dymotaped “Don’t call me Sir”. He would sometimes fly his Lynx wearing a monstrous witch’s nose. It was a superb make-up job. Had us in absolute stitches. One day after being picked to return to BBK (The Mill) the Lynx was re-tasked to intercept or ‘buzz’ an unauthorised Cessna flight. I was the ‘brick’ commander so in comms with the pilot. He explained the detour. He’d quickly come alongside the plane and was so close that the pilot could see his witch’s nose. He seemed momentarily mesmerised by this sudden apparition! No disrespect intended to the RAF but AAC pilots often attended O groups and would without fail orient the Lynx at the drop off precisely as dictated by the patrol orders. An RAF Puma once dropped my patrol in the Republic! He was 1 km out of reckoning. We cursed him as we had to tab at full tilt back across the border. That could have turned very ugly. 😂

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  @maxstotto359418 күн бұрын

  Nice. Regards

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  @keithrudd800320 күн бұрын

  Roar of the mighty Nimbus

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  @milesbrown8016Ай бұрын

  Awesome chaps. Well done 👍🏻

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  @monostripezebras2 ай бұрын

  cool to see those things fly

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  @rudytilman22873 ай бұрын

  WHY???? Why are they flag tracking??? There is so much great equipment out there that does fantastic work of showing the track of the blades and are faster and safer and can be used in the air. Besides that, track is no longer used as the method to smooth the rotor from imbalance of lift forces. The blades can each be creating different amounts of lift though tracking in the same tip path.

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  @mothmagic16 ай бұрын

  Seeing this brought back memories of a night flying exercise in Germany in the 60s. The pilot called RAF Gutersloh for clearance through their overhead and was told no conflicting traffic. Seconds later we were underflown by a pair of starfighters in burner. When the piot mentioned it to Gutersloh the reply was Oh dear the Luftwaffe are playing and not talking to anyone.

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  @OneTequilaTwoTequila6 ай бұрын

  I wouldn't be standing anywhere near that pilot while he's operating a helicopter. He has that confused look and slow reaction response time that my old father and Joe Biden have. I've been flying for decades and have seen countless pilots age out who acted exactly like this guy. It's subtle to spot, but he's definitely not as sharp as he used to be.

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  @philcourteney43286 ай бұрын

  Have you shown your Dad this comment?

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  @MeppyMan4 ай бұрын

  Where are you getting that from? Like timestamp and example. Or was that just a “make every comment about my boring politics”?

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  @MySteaming6 ай бұрын

  The High Vis jacket provided great protection from a rotor blade if he caught one.

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  @kodiak648 ай бұрын

  For me, the Scout / Wasp was a better helicopter than the Alouette III in terms of all key performance metrics, yet was never as popular and was retired far sooner. I have often wondered why.

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  @1985_Honda_CRX_Si10 ай бұрын

  very nice helicopter

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  @Mospeada2110 ай бұрын

  OMG! A tape and pole??? You guys really need to upgrade to the Strobex blade balancing system!

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  @hobsonbeeman75296 ай бұрын

  At what cost…lol

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  @pimuce5 ай бұрын

  @@hobsonbeeman7529i don’t understand what exactly he does ???

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  @MeppyMan4 ай бұрын

  @@pimuceI’ve never seen this technique, but they are testing to see if the blades are all flying in the same plane. You adjust eh trim tabs on the blades to make it fly higher or lower. You want them all flying as close to the same “level” as possible. I’m guessing they have some chalk or something on the ends to make the cloth so they know which blade is which. The way I’ve done this is with a strobe light and you mount numbers on the ends of the blades. This means you can check blade track in flight too.

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  @pimuce4 ай бұрын

  @@MeppyMan ok thanks for information

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  @wolverinecosta242011 ай бұрын

  O que eles estão fazendo?

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  @MsTheCops Жыл бұрын

  Can someone explain what that was all about? ...please.

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  @gracew258211 ай бұрын

  If each blade does not follow the same path deep sh!t this checks the blades flight path to see what's going where you can adjust this flight path on each blade using the trim tabs on the ends of each blade by bending it a extremely very very very small amount you can change the path of each blade tail rotors way more scary to do

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  @MsTheCops11 ай бұрын

  @@gracew2582 Hey thanks ...

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  @NigelWickenden Жыл бұрын

  WOT!? No Alouette?

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  @hiddenaether Жыл бұрын

  Very cool aircraft!

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  @Vivianoblivian Жыл бұрын

  I'm an ex Ac Tech in the Army. I've never done this but I have used the Chadwick Helmuth machine for this. But I have done hundreds of startup checks on Scout, Gazelle and Lynx. However, I have recently been sacked from Amazon for being too near to an HGV truck with the driver in his seat with his keys and the engine NOT running. This is considered extremely dangerous and I could've been run over. 🤨 Several vehicle "specialists" agreed with this fantasy, so, I lost my appeal for unfair dismissal. I pointed out my history of being under the disc of helicopters at full flight idle but this was deemed irrelevant.🤔

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  @marionbradley5595 Жыл бұрын

  Great filming!

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  @johnratcliff Жыл бұрын

  I couldn't see real well, but did they paint the ends of the blades different colors so you know where each blade is tracking?

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  @egalusmaximus981811 ай бұрын

  Correct :) .

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  @wv838 Жыл бұрын

  What a simply glorious machine that is !

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  @reynaldo7212 Жыл бұрын

  𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓶 🤦

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  @user-ct8my8rv9c Жыл бұрын

  Why is it recorded on a video camera from 1984

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  @AureliusR Жыл бұрын

  Ooof, why is it in potato vision?

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  @leuvenisaplace Жыл бұрын

  The appearance of the Scout's rotor system in the footage relative to the Sioux, is quite soothing. It really makes the appearance of the slow rotor system seem something other than a trick of the camera. I assume that the 4 bladed rotor system spins that bit slower and seemingly a rate that seems to combine with the frame rate of the camera.

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  @FourthExile Жыл бұрын

  nice. what chopper are you flying? MD?

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  @rhomboid62 Жыл бұрын

  Scout...

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  @roadhound1012 жыл бұрын

  Cool Vid. I took pics of you guys leaving Capel that day. Great to then see the rest of your journey home in this vid!

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  @Vivianoblivian2 жыл бұрын

  That is brilliant. This all happened before my time so I have never done it but it looks so simple. At my work now, to be within 6 yards of a moving vehicle is considered extremely dangerous so I'll show my bosses this video to show that I have hands on experience of real dangerous positions I used to work in.

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  @Rover24302 жыл бұрын

  That was the best "groundcrewman" view I've seen of a Scout start-up since I last did one in 1980.

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  @NigelWickenden2 жыл бұрын

  I was taught to back the flag into the disc. That said, we didn't have one of those fancy frames at Netheravon with Alouettes, we just held the flag pole in our hands.

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  @banditrider6132 жыл бұрын

  Wow have not heard that start up cycle for about 35 years but seems like only yesterday. Fab stuff ..

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  @steverowat22802 жыл бұрын

  Nice one - even got the pre-mod rear doors.