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Nice chopper landing...

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I'll give ten points from choreography! :D

[url]http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/2007227223711.aspx[/url]

Comments

  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    I hope noone was hurt.
  • SpiritOneSpiritOne Magneto ABQ NM
    shit, that looked bad, a couple of the guys fell out at one point, im guessing several people were hurt in that.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    The first guy to fall out was hit at least once by the rear right wheel, and there's a good chance he was hit by blades or blade debris when the blades hit the ground. The people in the rear when it went over probably took a beating too. So yes, I'd say at least one person was hurt, and probably more.
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    The guy that fell out first looked to have gotten up and started running before it went onto it's side. Hopefully he was outside the range of those blades by the time they hit the ground.
  • Vorlons in my HeadVorlons in my Head The Vorlons told me to.
    So thats what they mean by keep your hands and feet inside the vihicle at all times. Says in the comments below no casualties.
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    No casualties? Wonder if they are using that term right. Casualties mean injuries of any kind that warrant someone being taken to a hospital, even it if is just a scratch. I suspect they meant no fatalities. Very different term.
  • shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
    methinks the hard touchdown was the camelstraw which either bent or broke the driveshaft to the tail rotor.

    loss of tailrotor drive = spin !! and usually CRASH ! as it was in this case. Thankfully they had near as dammit to zero altitude.

    I guess, if you have to write off a chopper, that was a good way to do it.

    Silly Russians, they should stick to building nice contra rotating blade choppers and not follow the dumb Americans into building choppers reliant on a tailrotor. As can be plainly seen, they are dangerous and inefficent, (all that wasted energy used to push against some of that that put into the main rotor.)
  • Space GhostSpace Ghost Elite Ranger
    [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRVxsOgQ_ZU[/url]
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    "to the hinden-peter!"

    man i love that episode! :D
  • Space GhostSpace Ghost Elite Ranger
    "OH MY GOD! How can you afford these things?!?" :D
  • Vorlons in my HeadVorlons in my Head The Vorlons told me to.
    [QUOTE=shadow boxer;157596]methinks the hard touchdown was the camelstraw which either bent or broke the driveshaft to the tail rotor.

    loss of tailrotor drive = spin !! and usually CRASH ! as it was in this case. Thankfully they had near as dammit to zero altitude.

    I guess, if you have to write off a chopper, that was a good way to do it.

    Silly Russians, they should stick to building nice contra rotating blade choppers and not follow the dumb Americans into building choppers reliant on a tailrotor. As can be plainly seen, they are dangerous and inefficent, (all that wasted energy used to push against some of that that put into the main rotor.)[/QUOTE]


    The chopper is actually a french Puma. You can just barely see the french insignia on the tail. I don't think the tail rotor suffered any damage, it looks like the pilot just came in too steep and too fast. Helicopters are funny in that they like to spin out of control if yanked or nudged off balance. There are lots of other crashes cought on video where you can see the chopper spin out of control after being thrown off balance, most involve lifting cargo on ropes but its the same effect.
  • shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
    [QUOTE=Vorlons in my Head;157759]The chopper is actually a french Puma. [/QUOTE]

    Well that explains everything..:D Sorry for the cursory ID, I thought it was a Ruski transport chopper. Anyways.. check the clip again. There is a distinct lack of tailrotor RPM. Something killed it, perhaps it was a tailrotor/mainrotor clash, whatever the case may be I still maintain its a mechanical failure. That, or the pilot was high on speed and dialed back his collective waaaaay waaaaaay too much, like extremely stupid type too much. I don't think the tailrotor is even in one piece very early on in the incident.
  • Vorlons in my HeadVorlons in my Head The Vorlons told me to.
    It could be a mechanical problem. The tail rotor may have hit the ground since he came in at such a high angle but its hard to tell because it looks like the rotor may actually be high enough over the tail boom that it would not contact the ground without the boom breaking first. I find it suspicious that you can clearly see it landed hard enough that you can tell the chopper bounced back up pretty hard and to the right in the direction of the spin.
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