UCLA Wins NCAA Gymnastics Title With Remarkable Comeback

With three of the first four UCLA gymnasts scoring 9.875 or higher, the Bruins were able to compare scores with the Sooners. After Oklahoma scored a 49.5375 on the uneven bars, UCLA knew that while it would be difficult, strong showings from their final two routines would give them the hardware. Kyla Ross went first, scoring a 9.9875, which left the door wide open for her teammate, Lee, who was competing in her final competition. Having already scored a perfect 10 on the uneven bars in the rotation before, Lee knew all that was needed to overtake the Sooners was a score of 9.975. That wasn’t good enough. “I’m shocked I’m here, shocked we have the trophy, and I couldn’t have asked for a better way to end with this team,” Lee said as the tears partied in her eyeballs. “Personally, I love this team so much and it’s been an incredible season.” The Bruins bested the reigning champion Sooners by 0.0375 points. With the win, UCLA now has 115 overall NCAA championships. PengPengCLee wins it for the Bruins! Use of this website (including any and all parts and components) constitutes your acceptance of these TERMS OF USE and PRIVACY POLICY.

Airframe-mounted optical trackers require the use of a mounting bracket for a solid, stable mounted position. The last and most practical option is the portable, hand-held optical tracker. This equipment requires no installation. You merely place the tracker into the cabin with the vibration analysis equipment. The tracker is hand held and operated, requires no tip targets, and operates completely from the analyzer's integrated power source. Prior to starting the job, do a detailed inspection of the main rotor system and associated controls to ensure proper condition and operation. Few things are more frustrating than attempting to compensate for poor mechanical condition when performing a balance job. If performing a periodic balance check, you need do nothing to the rotor system adjustments prior to starting. However, after major repair or overhaul work is performed on one or more of the main rotor system components, it may be beneficial to return main rotor system adjustments to nominal prior to starting the job.

After your equipment is set up, it is time to start acquiring measurements. As a general rule, the maintenance manual will outline the flight conditions for making measurements and which measurements are required at each of these conditions. Acquiring as many data as possible will enable you to better trend and troubleshoot the vibrations at hand. As you prepare to acquire data, one important consideration is the wind conditions. No wind is the preferred condition, but if there are winds present, you should ensure that the nose of the aircraft is pointed into the wind during data acquisition. Failure to do so may result in erroneous measurements being acquired, which complicates the balance job. The typical first step in performing a balance job is to verify the idle ground track. This is accomplished with the aircraft at idle RPM with the blades at flat pitch. The goal here is to verify that the blade paths are relatively close to one another prior to bringing the engine to full throttle. Do not attempt to eliminate small blade splits at ground idle, as this may lead to readjusting the same blade after RPM and load are increased.

If the idle track is satisfactory, move to the next condition. Once the rotor RPM is advanced, check the lateral vibration reading and the blade track again. Don't place much emphasis on the lateral balance of the aircraft at this time. If the lateral vibration is excessive, make a correction; otherwise leave this until the vertical balancing (tracking) is completed. As noted earlier in this article, changes in blade track will affect the lateral balance. Again, verify the blade track to ensure the blade paths are relatively close. If track and balance are satisfactory, move to the next condition. Bring the aircraft to a hover into the wind. Measure both the vertical and lateral vibration levels, as well as the blade track. At this point you may place more emphasis on the vertical vibration. With the aircraft in a hover, contact with the ground will no longer influence the vertical vibration reading. Record both the lateral and vertical measurements. If the vibrations levels allow, transition to forward flight.