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Forum: Rotorheads

4th Aug 2017, 16:17

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Aug 1. 2017: MD Explorer crashed in the austrian alps

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Posted By jymil

Ok, the wiki article is not that great on a...

Ok, the wiki article is not that great on a second glance. But in any case, my point was that an uncommanded yaw (yes, technically not necessarily LTE) can be caused by effects which are independent...

Forum: Rotorheads

3rd Aug 2017, 21:05

Replies: 59

Aug 1. 2017: MD Explorer crashed in the austrian alps

Views: 23,181

Posted By jymil

Check the causes of LTE:...

Check the causes of LTE: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_tail-rotor_effectiveness

1. Main-rotor vortexes pushed into the tail rotor by wind.
2. Wind from the tail (6 o'clock) can cause...

Forum: Rotorheads

3rd Aug 2017, 17:25

Replies: 59

Aug 1. 2017: MD Explorer crashed in the austrian alps

Views: 23,181

Posted By jymil

Yep, putting it into the wind in the first place...

Yep, putting it into the wind in the first place would have been better. Sometimes it's hard to judge the wind, but in this case they had people on the ground being capable to tell the pilot. In...

Forum: Rotorheads

2nd Aug 2017, 19:49

Replies: 59

Aug 1. 2017: MD Explorer crashed in the austrian alps

Views: 23,181

Posted By jymil

Looks like the wind was blowing from the valley,...

Looks like the wind was blowing from the valley, i.e. left crosswind at first. However the pilot never put it down on solid ground but hovering around. When he turns further right, he gets himself...

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