#20556 - Mon Oct 18 1999 12:24 AM
Helicopter Puzzle
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Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 37
Loc: tt, tt
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Ok guys, I've been lurking here a while. I now have a pile of puzzles for you to work on! Note that some of them are popular on the Net, so please don't go search-engining for them. Just think. Best of luck. A helicopter was hovering 200 ft. above the sea. The pilot turned the engines off and the rotors stopped. Yet, the helicopter did not crash. How?
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#20557 - Mon Oct 18 1999 05:28 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Anonymous
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The helicopter was on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
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#20558 - Mon Oct 18 1999 07:24 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 16255
Loc: East London England UK
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The helicopter landed on top of a cliff.
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#20559 - Thu Oct 21 1999 03:34 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Multiloquent
Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 4761
Loc: Somerville New Jersey USA
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Big as a carrier deck is, it's not 200' above sea level. The cliff's better, but I have a feeling that's not it, either.
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#20560 - Wed Nov 10 1999 08:35 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Registered: Wed Nov 10 1999
Posts: 6
Loc: Port St. Lucie Florida USA
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As it was going down, the wind made the roters auto-reverse. Therefore, he smoothly landed on the water.
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#20561 - Thu Nov 11 1999 06:46 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Multiloquent
Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 4761
Loc: Somerville New Jersey USA
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I thought of auto-rotation, Kryptonic, but the question says the rotors stopped. Gotta be something else. Besides, as a fixed-wing pilot, I've gotta add: "Helicopters don't really 'fly'; they beat the air into submission!" Take that, helo-jockeys!
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#20562 - Thu Nov 11 1999 08:08 AM
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Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 16255
Loc: East London England UK
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I say we ask Rotorgirl...she works with helicopters !! ------------------ Deciphering the World as I see it !!
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#20563 - Fri Nov 19 1999 10:50 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Registered: Tue Nov 09 1999
Posts: 23
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The bigger Oil Platforms exceed 200ft above water level
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#20564 - Fri Nov 19 1999 11:22 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Anonymous
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Hey Gunslinger. We build Chinooks where I work and the favorite expression here is "Chinooks don't fly, they're so ugly the ground repels them"
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#20565 - Tue Nov 23 1999 01:28 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Prolific
Registered: Fri Nov 19 1999
Posts: 1377
Loc: Canada
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Precarious as it may seem, the helicipter was atop the GOODYEAR blimp. No?
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#20566 - Tue Nov 23 1999 08:45 PM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Registered: Tue Nov 23 1999
Posts: 7
Loc: Canberra ACT Australia
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Twister was just on TV here- the helicopter was sitting on a tornado/water spout, ready to auto-rotate out if the weather abated
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#20567 - Wed Nov 24 1999 02:13 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Multiloquent
Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 4761
Loc: Somerville New Jersey USA
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Hey, Leprechaun, you're Soooo right about those Chinooks. They even qualify for our USAF sobriquet for the B-52's, "BUFF". I'll bet you know what that means, too. Tell you what, though, to a downed pilot on the wrong side of the lines of fire (not that we ever knew exactly where THEY were), the Chinook, the Jolly Green, the Huey (or any other rotary-wing air-beater-upper) looks like the Archangel Michael arriving. They look REAL pretty then! (Also meant to say, to any Air Commando veterans out there - Thank You, gentlemen. You WILL be remembered.) ------------------ Gunslinger "..I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air."
[This message has been edited by Gunslinger (edited 11-25-1999).]
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#20568 - Fri Nov 26 1999 10:50 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Prolific
Registered: Fri Nov 19 1999
Posts: 1377
Loc: Canada
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I got it! (A friend did really!) He was several klicks inland at an area with that much elevation above sea level!
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#20569 - Sun Dec 05 1999 12:29 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Star Poster
Registered: Fri Nov 19 1999
Posts: 17656
Loc: San Diego California USA
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His floaters were inflated
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#20571 - Sun Dec 19 1999 01:02 PM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Star Poster
Registered: Fri Nov 19 1999
Posts: 17656
Loc: San Diego California USA
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Was it piloted by remote control? I wish we could get an answer on this one.
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#20572 - Mon Dec 20 1999 01:40 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Multiloquent
Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 4761
Loc: Somerville New Jersey USA
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Looks like Smokey took a powder; last post was on 11/07. Lists e-mail as tt@tt.com if anyone wants to try it. Sounds spurious to me. Sure would like to know the answer, though.
------------------ Gunslinger "..I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air."
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#20573 - Mon Dec 20 1999 01:00 PM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Star Poster
Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 11250
Loc: Munchkinland
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Can I make a tiny request? Pleeeeeease? I won't ask for much. We need to have some kind of prompting for people to give us the answers to these riddles after a reasonable amount of time. Challenges Moderator(s) (I've forgotten who this is at the moment) or Terry, can something be put at the top of the page telling people that, after XXXX amount of time, they should reveal the answers to their puzzles. It may not do much good, but it would at least let people know that it is important that they not just drop the topic. COME ON PEOPLE!!! WE'RE INTERESTED IN YOUR CHALLENGES, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO RESPOND TO US EVENTUALLY!!!!!!!! Don't leave us in the dark. :-)
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#20576 - Thu Feb 10 2000 01:40 PM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Enthusiast
Registered: Fri Jan 21 2000
Posts: 289
Loc: CehNehDeh
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I'm with Thiv. Chopper was at 201 ft above sea level but was inland. i.e. 1 ft above the ground.
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#20578 - Sat Feb 12 2000 12:10 AM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Star Poster
Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 11250
Loc: Munchkinland
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Yes, but if you post a lot, you sure don't want 10 jillion emails telling you someone's replied to your topic! If I got an email every time someone replied to a post, I'd go crazy after about 2 days! There must be a way to get people to put answers in for challenges, though. Challenges Moderators, what are your thoughts?
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#20580 - Fri Feb 11 2000 10:03 PM
Re: Helicopter Puzzle
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Registered: Sun Nov 07 1999
Posts: 3987
Loc: Durham, North Carolina USA
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The helicopter was hovering just over the helicopter landing pad on an oil platform out at sea. Since Smokey went out for a smoke and didn't come back, I found the answers for us. I was rather curious about this one myself.  ------------------ Silver Moonsong ************************* Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it, whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. ---Chief Seattle
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