Originally Posted by
SpindleBob
OK, so if we accept that this may well be the cause. Certainly taking out the nose wheel lock with full left pedal, can go very wrong very quickly.
What is the learning? Pilot training? Lift into the hover like ground resonance - Last thing you want to o when you feel like you might have lost tail rotor control, is to get in the air!
If this has happened twice by the sound of it, would a software interlock be worthwhile? One that doesn't allow the nose wheel to be unlocked unless the pedals are set at no more than +/- 30% power for example?
Only 1 aw169 that we know of. It happens on most types, especially puma as detailed earlier.
Pilots are trained, sop's are written, people dont follow them, the cause of many accidents.