Originally Posted by
helispotter
Oh, s##t! It took me a while to spot it, I was zooming in on the dangling 'wire' (is that lightning strike protection??), then pitch link, then on damaged tip then the penny finally dropped! But what is that seemingly strange discontinuity at the break in the spar(?) near the leading edge? Almost looks like a Lego brick connection!?
Anyway, now we all know for sure that a blade flying in reverse at high speed is unstable...
Im sure there’s no break in the spar - it’s the tip cap being broken off I think.