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Old 4th Apr 2008, 17:56
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Flying Bull
 
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Hi all,

if you watch the video closely - you'll see, that from the point, where the pilot might have recognized the problem to the crash is less than 2 seconds.
Even if you are quick recognizing, that this time the planed manover isn't working out - and even then, with the right plan at hand to react, at least a second is gone before inputs start to work.
Then the bird has to react - and the induced movement has to be stopped and counteracted.
I doubt that anybody could get out of the situation - with entering with the parameters the bird had.
(As far as i have read, the board remarked, that he tried to recover)
Even deliberately entering the situation with enough height to recover - will scare the s*** out of you.
The Bo105 is really fun to fly and can take quite a beating and is mostly forgiving pilot errors - but not all - and the line is sharp between still flying - and sudden stoppage....
I hope everybody playing around with Bo and BK see that video and keep it in mind when entering steep turns to the right - especial at low level.

Fly safe!

Greetings Flying Bull
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