Originally Posted by
CGameProgrammerr
You guys seem to be making the mistake of thinking the tail rotor was out of balance. Nowhere in the report does it say that. Something else was obviously catastrophically wrong with the tail rotor, shaft, or gearbox, which nobody bothered to check.
Curious. How do you know "nobody bothered to check" everything? The report doesnt state that either. Considering they have video of the failure, I'm sure we'll know soon enough. Unfortunately, in my experience, catastrophic failures usually dont give you a 2 minute warning prior to failure, especially if he took off with no vibrations.