Originally Posted by
n5296s
I don't follow. Have they made seconds longer since 1985? You still have <2 seconds to realise what has happened, get your hand back on the collective if you happen to be tuning radios etc, and get it down. Maybe you're more aware of it now, but thats all.
In this case there was an experienced instructor with loads of R22 time on board. Didn't help.
If you're saying that the accident was the result of a sudden engine failure, sure.
If you're saying the accident was the result of "classic rotor stall" then that is an engine still running accident, which generally requires the pilot to be "not paying attention" to happen.
Plus, if it was a sudden engine failure, the problem isn't so much getting the collective down in time (as we are trained diligently for that) but if the student raised the collective instead, THAT could most certainly cause the blades to stop!
,...and the R22 came out in '79.