We have a similar requirement for going offshore - Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET), as part of our regular refreshes. It requires a number of dunkings, upright and inverted, with and without rebreather packs.
A018 by Eoin Christie, on Flickr
There would be few things to compare with the terror of being stuck in a submerged helicopter after a crash. Total disorientation combined with panic. Yikes!We have a similar requirement for going offshore - Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET), as part of our regular refreshes. It requires a number of dunkings, upright and inverted, with and without rebreather packs.
As with all drill-type training, it doesn’t just certify that you can perform it, it helps calm things down when reality strikes.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvFnEtQQtGI
Lake Karapiro on a quiet day...
Where do they filch the motors from? They sound like two strokes. And I imagine they're spitting out a heap of horsepower.
The racing boats use single and twin 2-strokes, traditionally motorbikes, but now also from jetski’s. The bigger boats generally use turbo-diesels...
I’ve managed to be onboard a few times when things have gone ‘wrong’, but Always over land. One was a loss of engine over the jungle in PNG which resulted in a perfect autorotate into a magic clearing - couldn’t have landed more gently with an engine.
The same dumbarse who dropped a contact on the floor, picked it up, licked it, put it back in his eye and nearly lost his sight from an infection. That chocco?Must be true coz Chocco Mundine says it’s all a hoax too
