This is the reason, why I stay clear of choppers

Mr. PC · 07-08-2006, 15:26

http://thatvideosite.com/view/576.html

What caused this chopper to crash?

Berto · 07-08-2006, 15:47

Bee in cockpit.

Skyhook · 07-08-2006, 16:27

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Originally posted by Berto
Bee in cockpit.

You sure 'bout dat??

Helopilot · 07-08-2006, 20:15

#1. It's a French built helicopter.

#2. It lost hydraulics on the flight controls. Read very stiff and difficult to move the controls and over controlling the aircraft.

#3. The pilot was "relatively" inexperienced.

It all combines to make a bad situation. Read the NTSB accident reports on commuter aircraft and look how many fixed wing aircraft survive a flight control failure with a young pilot. "Choppers" are faily safe aircraft if you have a good design, a good pilot and good maintainence. Read every day how many good old Cessna's crash.

SW.FLA.glocker · 07-08-2006, 20:30

I like the other explanation better.

"A BEE!! A BEE!! OUCH!! OUCH!!"

M2 Carbine · 07-09-2006, 15:46

Quote:

Originally posted by Helopilot
#1. It's a French built helicopter.

#2. It lost hydraulics on the flight controls. Read very stiff and difficult to move the controls and over controlling the aircraft.

#3. The pilot was "relatively" inexperienced.

It all combines to make a bad situation. Read the NTSB accident reports on commuter aircraft and look how many fixed wing aircraft survive a flight control failure with a young pilot. "Choppers" are faily safe aircraft if you have a good design, a good pilot and good maintainence. Read every day how many good old Cessna's crash.

Now, now, Dennis don't be bad mouthing the French.

The pilot almost made a running landing on the roof until the wall got in the way.

Did I ever tell you about losing the hydraulics, in a B model, when landing on a Brown and Root barge? Then taking off with no hydraulics and flying over to the base?
See, I was dumber than you thought.

Red Dragon · 07-10-2006, 18:43

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[i]Then taking off with no hydraulics and flying over to the base?
See, I was dumber than you thought.

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Not necessarily dumb. It all depends on where your car is parked, and I’m sure it wasn’t anywhere near the barge.

Sturmgewehr44 · 07-12-2006, 04:10

It almost looks like perhaps a tail rotor failure. While he's in forward flight, the helo is pretty straight with no yaw. It's when he slows down, the nose turns to the right as if he couldn't counter with right pedal. I was assuming he was pulling power (collective) in that A-star. I guess he didn't slam it down wanting to take it into a full down auto or something.