Gordy. All fine and dandy training around an airfield in daylight but try it in the dark, probably close
to IFR conditions, the situation this guy was in and its a very different story. The accumulator
runs out after a few stirs of the cyclic , the horn blows, you have managed to slow to say 70 knots,
big pedal movements needed, but stick and pedals now solid, and you have little or no ground references --- not good.
One of the reasons I personally moved from single to twin squirrels many years ago and also why dual hydraulics is a requirement for
IFR flight here in EASA land.
PS . Note I am in no way saying that was the scenario which caused this tragedy.
Last edited by claudia; 1st May 2018 at 20:24.