Definitions for beartrap
beartrap

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1. beartrapnoun

   A large trap used to catch a bear, usually as a foot trap.

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1. Beartrap

   The beartrap is the Canadian name of a device invented for smaller warships, like frigates and destroyers, that carry helicopters. While not essential to enable embarked helicopters to operate from small escort vessels, it enables them to operate in a wider range of weather conditions. In the mid-1950s, navies of the world were faced with the challenge of how to land a large helicopter on a rolling, pitching flight deck of a smaller ship. The problem was solved in the early 1960s when the Royal Canadian Navy’s Experimental Squadron 10, based at Shearwater, in collaboration with Dartmouth’s Fairey Aviation, developed the world’s first Helicopter Hauldown and Rapid Securing Device or "beartrap". The CH-124 Sea King was the first Royal Canadian Navy helicopter to be equipped with this system. To use the beartrap, a helicopter hovers over the landing pad on the deck and lowers a line with an attached probe on the end. This probe is attached by the deck crew to a heavier cable that passes though the center of the beartrap from a winch below the flight deck. The cable is pulled back up and secured to the helicopter. The pilot then increases power to balance the pull of the winch with the lift of the helicopter. This synchronizes the helicopter with the ship's movements and he is now in the "high hover" position. As the pilot decreases the power, the helicopter is slowly pulled by the winch to the "low hover" position just above the deck while maintaining synch with the ship. When the Landing Signals Officer determines a quiescent moment is approaching he will instruct the pilot to land. He then closes the Beartrap to capture the helicopter's main probe, securing the aircraft to the flight deck. The tail is secured by a second probe.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of beartrap in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of beartrap in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

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