MD500E Tail rotor drive shaft failure, with pictures
Has any one ever heard of a tail rotor drive shaft failure in a MD500E.
Ours broke and we had to autorotate to the ground with a run on landing at the bottom. as we exited the helicopter, the main rotor was winding down and the four bladed tail rotor was stationary.
It sheared completely about 20 inches from the tail rotor gearbox.
any thoughts or ideas, as this has stumpted our engineers
Cheers Rotor1
Last edited by Rotor1; 24th May 2005 at 09:12.