Rotorfest 2006 - CH-146 Griffon Demonstration

A CH-136 Griffon from New Brunswick (the province in Canada, not the ticket town host of Rutgers University) performs a demonstration during Rotorfest 2006 at the Brandywine Airport in West Chester, PA on Sunday October 15, 2006. For more videos and information on DVDs, visit http://www.stevesairshow.com .

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• Chester

[trloyalist]

Fair enough. I wasn't aware that this particular helicopter had a tractor tail. As a civvy pilot, I'm only used to flying piston aircraft and those aircraft have "push" rotors, so they provide anti-torque to rotate *into* the side of the aircraft they are on - so the tail leads the rotation rather than on the opposite side with the tail lagging.

[ChinookFE147]

I really need to work on my spelling and gramar.

[ChinookFE147]

I did state that th rotors turn "WHEN VIEWED FROM THE PILOTS SEAT" from the right side of the aircraft, around the front to the left side. You alsoa have a small misconception WRT te tail rotor, Yes it is placed on the right side of the tail fin. but it is known as a "TRACTOR" tail rotor, to pull the tail to the right . This is to stop the "tail" from wanting to go left due to torque generated by the transmission. BTW, i am also a FE for the Griffon. I used to be a AVN tech

[trloyalist]

ChinookFE147, I'm a helicopter pilot. And I don't want to call you on your experience but if you look at the tail rotor position on the right side of the helo, you can see that the anti-torque will rotate the pilot to the right to oppose left torque. You get left torque from a clockwise rotating main rotor. This is in opposition to most Army helos which have counter-clockwise rotating blades.

[airplane82]

my dad is a flight engineer onboard the CH-146 at 4 wing (CFB) cold lake

[ChinookFE147]

The CH136 was infact a LOH helocopter, ( Light Observation Helicopter, It was able to mount rockets and a mini gun, but the primary role, was infact Recce and observation. the weapons were strictly self defence.

[ChinookFE147]

Having worked on the Griffon for a number of years, the correct rotation is counter clockwise, the vid show is not an accurate depiction of this due to the way digital cameras record the imiage. The blades infact when sitting int the cockpit move from rigt to left.

[CFGIRQT18]

Fillet2K when you sit in the cockpit the blades turn from left to right so clock wise is the answer. Some helicopters like the Chinook have tandem rotors which turn in opposite directions.

[Fillet2K]

Do the rotors turn clockwise or counter clockwise as per normal helicopters? I can't tell.

[kevo201]

ch136's are smaller anyways the 136 was an attack helicopter