TR malfunctions for beginners - a refresher lesson!

[Thomas coupling]

You can come again Spunk

[Spunk]

FI

TC, I didn't expect you to be in your mid 70's by now

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I think jokes like that show that TC is firmly stuck in his mid-teens, not mid-seventies - although his mid-teens probably were in the mid-70s

[212man]

I do not recall the last name of the Eurocopter Ch. Pilot

Probably Guy Dabadie

[JohnDixson]

EC Chief Pilot Name

No, it wasn't Guy. We had traded rides between Blackhawk and the prototype Super Puma at the 1991 Paris Airshow, and knew Guy from having done that. I believe the Ch. Pilot's first name was Etienne.

[Hot and Hi]

N276RC

Originally Posted by jellycopter

TC

you stated......

"Catastrophic TRF: If the tail gearbox departs flight, the associated change of CofG will almost certainly cause the aircraft to pitch out of control due to the (weight x moment arm) change caused by the removal of “x” Kg of metal at the end of that moment arm. ENDEX..... "

I'm very much with SAS on this one.

The following NTSB report should be mandatory reading.

http://dms.ntsb.gov/aviation/Acciden...2013120000.pdf

It clearly shows that loss of T/R and TRGB (and half the vertical fin in this case) is still controllable!

JJ

This report can now be found here: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/Re...Final&IType=LA

[Thomas coupling]

Hot and Hi.
Not sure what is what here. Did I state the part in quotes, or all of it?
The accident report shows a guy landing a helo with a damaged TR, what's the problem??

[Hot and Hi]

Originally Posted by Thomas coupling

Hot and Hi.
Not sure what is what here. Did I state the part in quotes, or all of it?
The accident report shows a guy landing a helo with a damaged TR, what's the problem??

In his post from 2013 Jellycopter linked a NTSB accident report. The URL has since changed.