Army Blackhawk helicopter doing a fast roping demonstration

Army Special Forces (National Guard) doing a demostration on Fast Roping and extracting. Austin, Texas

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• helicipter. UH60
• Special forces

[flyer56]

wow. if it wasnt for heavy equipment like guns and vest they could almost jump from the heli. they should have done the demonstration from a decent hight. at least double that!

[chefjavier]

@flyer56 they were doing a demo. I guess they don't want to get hurt.

[dreambuilders48808]

Sweet Video. I didn't see anybody near the ropes when they were dropped. Is it automatic control by the pilot?

[chefjavier]

@dreambuilders48808 The crew chief takes control.

[dreambuilders48808]

@chefjavier Yes, but both ropes seem to drop at the same time and I didn't see

anyone by the door...So, is it automatically controlled or does someone manually

drop the rope off the chopper?

[chefjavier]

@dreambuilders48808 You are correct, the crew chief controlled the drop of the rope by using push connector.

[spider5point56]

I guess if you pissed off the crew chief he could always drop the rope before you were all the way down.

[thatman64]

Why is there seemingly always a long pause between the last man out and the rope detach/ fly away? Is it the crew doing checks, and if so, would it be standard practice to do them in a combat zone? It all just seems very inefficient to me, except for the actual ropers, which went by very fast.

[Cobra114ever]

@zVwKv WTF ? Thats good quality man ! Good enough !! Idiot !! -.-

[juvmol]

wow! no havia visto este video! muy emocionante mirar estos ejersicios

[aweird1]

It's not very high speed if you have the choice of taking the rope or stepping out. LOL

[dreambuilders48808]

@chefjavier Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[chefjavier]

@zVwKv Defined bad camera?