Originally Posted by
albatross
Are we all in agreement that if you lose Tail Rotor drive, for whatever reason with power applied the Bell Helicopter will enthusiastically yaw RIGHT?
Yeah. Hence the question mark in my reply to post #60.
EDIT:
If somebody has some insight that yaw was to the left then the main gear box has suddenly seized. Sudden gearbox seizure and the helicopter is going to follow the rotation of the main rotor and things will get instantly violent and inflight breakup will most certainly occur, including loss of the tail boom and main rotor system. I can't be certain from the video if it was yaw left or right. I'm not aware of a 206 main gearbox ever seizing suddenly in flight with no prior warning to the pilot.