| Msg ID: 2747495 |
MD600N +1/-0
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| Author:Anyone
10/21/2022 11:33:06 AM |
Is this platform good for anything? It's a failed border patrol purchase, and then after that, it seems to have just imploded? Does anyone have any real time in this machine working it hard? |
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| Msg ID: 2747505 |
MD600N +1/-1
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| Author:WV
10/21/2022 12:51:49 PM Reply to: 2747495 |
I've seen one working everyday doing power line work including HEC. |
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| Msg ID: 2747520 |
MD600N (NT) +1/-1
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| Author:It’s glide ratio is about zero.
10/21/2022 2:09:34 PM Reply to: 2747495 |
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| Msg ID: 2747524 |
MD600N +5/-8
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| Author:Former CBP
10/21/2022 3:39:06 PM Reply to: 2747495 |
Former CBP pilot here, those things were death traps. Autorotate like a Coke machine dropped from a C-130... After years of pilot complaints, we had an MD test pilot fly with our SME to prove auto capabilities, the test pilot crashed doing a 180 auto... We subsequently got rid of all the aircraft. |
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| Msg ID: 2747564 |
MD600N +8/-3
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| Author:This
10/21/2022 11:22:36 PM Reply to: 2747524 |
Isn't NOT correct. And quit spreading false info. That helicopter crashed because CBP mechanics were terrible and yalls decision making was pathetic. Your mechanics cranked more pitch into the blades cause your inexperienced pilots were complaining about running out of collective cause your machines were too heavy. So when they did the auto, the rpm decayed and there was no pitch left When the blades stalled.
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| Msg ID: 2747593 |
MD600N (NT) +0/-3
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| Author:you been drinkin'?
10/22/2022 11:20:35 AM Reply to: 2747564 |
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| Msg ID: 2747567 |
MD600N +2/-1
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| Author:Ain’t so bad
10/22/2022 2:49:28 AM Reply to: 2747495 |
I’ve got a few 1000 hours power line in them. Including wire pulling. They lift well until higher DA’s, fast, plenty of room in the back for cargo stuff but not really a passenger machine. MD doesn’t support them much so when small but important items go wrong it’s a pain to find parts. The engine is a basic C-47 but with a different gearbox and FADAC/MCU so it’s not B-407 direct change. I personally like the NOTAR but some don’t. The CWA from right quartering is larger than typical MD 500/530’s but the winds really got to be blasting. Lastly, the CBP really wanted A-stars back then and did everything they could to ‘prove’ the 600 unworthy, the myth that the machine will nose tuck and spin/roll is 100% MYTH!!! I have flown the very machine seen in the famous 180 hard landing after repair. Watch the video, the auto was in trouble before even turning and never got better. The RPM is running away, the sink rate was way too high and way too steep. |
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| Msg ID: 2747583 |
MD600N +0/-1
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| Author:Sorry, duh
10/22/2022 10:17:02 AM Reply to: 2747567 |
CWA? |
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| Msg ID: 2747771 |
MD600N +1/-1
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| Author:Maybe…
10/25/2022 2:58:36 AM Reply to: 2747583 |
I think they meant WCA, Wind Correction Angle |
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