Originally Posted by
Bell_ringer
What difference would getting the collective down have made to an aircraft without a tailboom, and soon thereafter, no rotor system?
In a general sense, if you reduce the collective pitch you reduce the need for antitorque since the engines were still on and generating torque/power.
But yes, given how soon (hence my point on the startle factor) the main transmission left the aircraft, that consideration became moot very quickly.
And if the main transmission's mounts failed first (and the tail fold was an artifact of that, see my initial reply to Spline Drive) then it was certainly moot before that.
For TwinHueyMan: thank you for the paper on the Van Horn bounce.
