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                        What's wrong with this photo...?

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        What's wrong with this photo...?
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:52 PM
                        Here are the pics...




                        and then the caption...

                        "A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter prepares to drop more than 2,000 gallons of water on a brushfire on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. "

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:53 PM
                        I know the bucket doesn't hold 2,000 gals...Big Smile [:D]
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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:27 PM
                        It's not an E model, but a D model Sea Stallion.

                        Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:47 PM
                        You're correct! Smile [:)] Makes one wonder as to who is doing the editing?
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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, August 18, 2005 9:03 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Dragonfire

                        You're correct! Smile [:)] Makes one wonder as to who is doing the editing?


                        Photo taken by a contracted civilian photographer. Edited by a Public Affairs Officer who has been in an office his whole career. Just be glad they IDed it as a helo, really lucky they even got the right model family.

                        Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

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                        "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

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                        SteelSnail
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                          June 2003
                        • From: México
                        Posted by SteelSnail on Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:05 PM
                        That's right. They did good enogh.
                        Just remember that the "military advisor" in the Godzilla movie thought that the apache engines were some kind of gun.
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                        supercobra
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                          June 2003
                        Posted by supercobra on Friday, August 19, 2005 11:35 PM
                        The rotor blades are going in the wrong direction. They go the other way in the Italeri kit.
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                        adrake2
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Ft. Bragg, NC
                        Posted by adrake2 on Saturday, August 20, 2005 6:14 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by supercobra

                        The rotor blades are going in the wrong direction. They go the other way in the Italeri kit.


                        The Italeri kit got them wrong. Blades on US helicopters rotate counter-clockwise while foreign models rotate clockwise. I remember seeing that somewhere in a kit review.
                        -Aaron
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                        supercobra
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                          June 2003
                        Posted by supercobra on Saturday, August 20, 2005 7:40 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by adrake2

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by supercobra

                        The rotor blades are going in the wrong direction. They go the other way in the Italeri kit.


                        The Italeri kit got them wrong. Blades on US helicopters rotate counter-clockwise while foreign models rotate clockwise. I remember seeing that somewhere in a kit review.


                        Thanks for verifying that the mistake is with Italeri and not Sikorsky but now I have to run out to the flightline and tell the mechs to put the heads back the way they were. I thought we had it wrong. :)


                        P.S. Does adding the little " :) " make my smart arse any more tolerable?
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                        m60a3
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                          April 2005
                        • From: I am at play in the fields of the Lord. (Texas)
                        Posted by m60a3 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 11:54 PM
                        Dragonfire is right about the bucket. I'd say that little "Bambi bucket" holds no more than 200 gallons.
                        "I lay like a small idea in a vacant mind" - Wm. Least Heat Moon "I am at the center of the earth." - Black Elk My FSM friends are the best.
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                        TommyHawk
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                          February 2005
                        Posted by TommyHawk on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:23 AM
                        This might seem asinine - Why do US blades rotate counter-clockwise? Is there a mechanical advantage?
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                        Trigger
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:26 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by supercobra

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by adrake2

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by supercobra

                        The rotor blades are going in the wrong direction. They go the other way in the Italeri kit.


                        The Italeri kit got them wrong. Blades on US helicopters rotate counter-clockwise while foreign models rotate clockwise. I remember seeing that somewhere in a kit review.


                        Thanks for verifying that the mistake is with Italeri and not Sikorsky but now I have to run out to the flightline and tell the mechs to put the heads back the way they were. I thought we had it wrong. :)


                        P.S. Does adding the little " :) " make my smart arse any more tolerable?


                        Who cares about making it tolerable as long as it's funny - which that was by the way
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        HeavyArty
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:37 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by TommyHawk

                        This might seem asinine - Why do US blades rotate counter-clockwise? Is there a mechanical advantage?


                        Just the way they were originally designed. Same could be said about the position of the driver in cars. Why do the Brits drive on the wrong side of the car and the road? What is the advantage there?

                        Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

                        Check out my Gallery: https://app.photobucket.com/u/HeavyArty

                        "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:46 AM
                        Blade rotation depends on which hemisphere you're in. ;-)
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:38 PM
                        That looks like a 500 gallon Bambi Bucket to me. I would think that a Delta model could pick up a bigger capacity bucket.

                        Here is a view from the other side of the bucket :

                        Thats a 2000, yes two thousand, gallon Bambi Bucket underneath a CH-47. We are pulling some serious torque when we pick up 15,000 lbs of water.

                        Chris Ish, who also has done this with a 250 gallon bucket & a UH-60L.
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                        ridleusmc
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Cincinnati, Ohio
                        Posted by ridleusmc on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 1:31 PM
                        Whoa, cool pic, even if it is an old Delta
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                        TommyHawk
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                          February 2005
                        Posted by TommyHawk on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 9:32 AM
                        Ah ha. I love the "hemisphere" explanation. That's the funniest thing I've heard in the last... four minutes.
                        :^)
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 2:40 PM
                        Tommy-it's the ole Coriolis Effect-gotta use that college education. :-)
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                        TommyHawk
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                          February 2005
                        Posted by TommyHawk on Friday, September 2, 2005 10:16 AM
                        Well said! Yes, when I threw all my college tuition money into the toilet, I did notice which way it spun...
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                        death
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: Canberra,Australia
                        Posted by death on Sunday, September 4, 2005 9:47 PM
                        Hey HeavyArty
                        Just because there is more of you lot doesn't mean you're right!! We Aussies drive on the left side of the road and the right side of the car and as far as we're concerned it is the right way.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 5, 2005 5:58 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by TommyHawk

                        This might seem asinine - Why do US blades rotate counter-clockwise? Is there a mechanical advantage?


                        Scuttlebutt has it that when Igor Sikorsky left Russia for the United States he decided to have his rotors turn "counter-clockwise" as a snub to his old homeland.
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