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Old 12th October 2025 | 15:55
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Originally Posted by Nubian
Now, when the first sign of nose going right, one would expect with that low speed and height almost in a OGE hover, lowering the lever on instinct would stop the right movement or at least limit it, and from that height the rotors have quite a bit of inertia for a hoverauto to a rolling landing. Pulling an armpit full of collective from almost no forward speed if you suspect your tail has failed is irrational when the parking lot is dead ahead and open…
Thats one point I also was wondering about. But in the video of the low pass one could see that the landing zone was pretty occupied by other helicopters and many people around.
Luckily the pilot survived and could tell the story

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