Boudreaux Bob
Further review revealed during the takeoff sequence, the helicopter began rotating counterclockwise and ascending slightly in a near level attitude. The helicopter continued rotating counterclockwise for about 360 degrees of rotation before it pitched forward in a nose low attitude. The helicopter continued the counterclockwise rotation in a nose low attitude until it disappeared from the camera's field of view.
How many of you pprune experts argued about the direction of rotation?
Any of you naysayers care to admit how wrong you were?
I notice Bob, that you didn't make any comment when the discussion was going on, but now the initial report is out, you have voiced a firm stance
It's not a matter of being wrong or right, because if you actually read the very first comment on the direction of rotation you would have read;
The helicopter, a 2003 Eurocopter AS350, appeared to have rotated counterclockwise before it crashed,
The fact of the matter is that the direction of rotation would
appear to be different depending on where the person making that comment was viewing the ac from. I think that point was cleared up.
Now that we have a report, a report using a 'universal standard' (although
the aircraft yawed to the left might be a clearer description) can we can now assume a tail problem for whatever reason?
Anyway, there's no mention of any contact with the barrier.
Looking at it from a different angle, it doesn't appear to be too high in relation to the pad surface;
