Originally Posted by
Torquetalk
Yep, that crash always looked doable. Just a case of were to have it.
Another ineptly flown R44, clearly out of its performance envelope and CofG.
Bet that low RRPM horn was going off way before the pilot was committed to the crash, then he had no power or aft cyclic to avoid it. What a complete numpty
Nailed it, TT!
Much cringing here in the first few seconds of that video, it was hanging so badly nose low, almost certainly had to be past the forward CG limit, and possibly over gross as well. Had the exact same thoughts as you about the horn.
Both the elephant nuts on FB and the news folks are reporting "mechanical failure". The only mechanical failure was in the Mark 1 Neural Network Computer located on top of the pilot's shoulders
5Y-MEP is reported as a Raven II elsewhere on the interweb. FWIW performance data follows. It didn't look too warm there based on how folks were dressed. The data speaks for itself.
