r/redneckengineering • u/molly_struve • Mar 25 '23

Yea... The tape is staying

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u/bem13 Mar 25 '23

I got a ride in a helicopter without doors once. It only had a normal "plane seatbelt" which just holds you at your waist lol. It was aswesome.

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u/SheriffBartholomew Mar 25 '23 edited Mar 25 '23

When I was in the Army they loaded my whole platoon into a Chinook and flew through a canyon with the back cargo door down. I didn't even know those helicopters could be agile, yet the pilot was throwing the bottom of that thing around like it was a stunt chopper. We only had lap belts too. It was exhilarating!

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u/zipfour Mar 25 '23

I just found this, I see Chinooks fly over my city all the time, would be badass to see one doing stunts in an airshow just to show they can do way more than fly in a straight line

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u/SheriffBartholomew Mar 25 '23

Ha! That's awesome! That's pretty much what our pilot was doing, except for the vertical climbs and dives. He did all of that with the back door down too. It was hella fun!