pprune fan #1,
You are entitled to your opinion, but not the silly personal attacks. You say this fine helicopter has bitten you several times (your vast experience says so) and that when it does no pilot on earth can see it coming or correct it. But the helicopter is just fine thank you.
If you actually read and believe what you posted, you must have had a few beers today. Sober up read what you wrote later on. I hope you have NOTHING to do with the safety operations of the poor fools who pay you to fly.
As far as your opinion of me, it really lands right where your opinion of !!!!ty helicopters is, in the dumpster.
AESIR,
I just found your post about the probability of power loss, and you are quite right it is a possibility. The sounds and behavior of the aircraft don't seem to support it very much, but the investigators should first run there, because pilot error should only be wheeled out when the airplane is found to be fully healthy. I would expect the aircraft to lurch a bit, settle vertically and even yaw left at the power loss, none of that seems apparent. Nonetheless, it is quite possible. Even if he perhaps had an engine power problem, he overpitched, lost control and spun because of the rpm loss, and landed hard. Frankly, if it was an engne power loss, he did a fine job, spin or no spin. If there was no power loss, he is one sorry guy.
Last edited by NickLappos; 17th December 2005 at 04:46.