It looks like the pilot waited and waited until he saw his opportunity and went for it! No close shaves involved?
In my layman's understanding, a helicopter pilot can kill the lift from the rotor pretty much instantly, whereas a fixed-wing aircraft bounce a lot because they are still generating lift until they slow down. ?
flack88,
Jul 24, 4:58am
Nice ship be good to fish off,have abit of jandal probably.
bill1451,
Jul 24, 5:03am
So was the "20 mill" price tag just a number you picked or do you have all the latest price tags in your brain,
daz59,
Jul 24, 5:56am
Yes pretty much, if a fixed ing points its nose down it will no longer create lift but then plows into the ground.
poppy62,
Jul 24, 6:09am
It would have been a cinch if the pilot was at least 3 sheets to the wind. After all they do say 2 negatives make a plus.
the-lada-dude,
Jul 24, 5:46pm
Yes, a bit of a calculated guess as to the cost of one of these, Actually your right , by the time you add or subtract avionic and hardware packages, the 20 mill figure could fluctuate drastically
Tell you what bill 1451 . you have ago at an accurate cost figure for us figure for us
so someone stated $20 million well that's about half the price.
ianab,
Jul 25, 2:29am
Yea, but that one's well used now. :D
Also, the crew would have been watching the incoming swells ahead of the ship to predict what it was going to do. Notice how they hovered as the ship rolled badly, but once there was a bit of a lull in the movement they made their move, and the rolling wasn't so bad as they actually touched down.
You might want the deck crew out there smartish with the tie downs though.
harm_less,
Nov 15, 2:41am
Very similar skill set as those of crane operators on oil rigs/platforms loading or unloading cargo from support vessels in rough conditions. Great to watch when well executed. Expensive and potentially dangerous when it goes wrong.
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