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Old 25th Sep 2005, 15:34
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RotorSwede
 
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rumor

Been hearing some rumors (this is a rumours networks so ....) that the rate the machine was spinning was to great to be caused be any kind of tailrotor failure.

The talk is that the machine encountered some sort of weather fenomena like a tornade or a whirlwind and that it cause the machine to get out of hand. Can anyone confirm if this is correct? Turning 360 degrees in 2.5 seconds, is that to fast to be caused by loosing tailrotoreffect?

Anyone know if a tornado or whirlwind can suddenly appear and then disappear without the met-people knowing of it (seeing it on weather-radar and so on) ?

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