R22 shootup gone wrong
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From: timbuc2
R22 shootup gone wrong
Downwind take off in an R22.
Turned around and did a "shoot up" upwind.
Turned again, did a shootup downwind.
Fell out the sky.
Turned around and did a "shoot up" upwind.
Turned again, did a shootup downwind.
Fell out the sky.
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From: darkest Africa
It was not the take-off downwind nor the shoot-ups that caused the R44 to fall out of the sky - It was the sudden stop of the tailrotor.
Fortunately the fall was broken by some trees , pilot(60hr PPL) and passenger sustained only minor cuts & bruises.
fracture of t/r driveshaft at t/r gearbox end.
bendix
Fortunately the fall was broken by some trees , pilot(60hr PPL) and passenger sustained only minor cuts & bruises.
fracture of t/r driveshaft at t/r gearbox end. bendix
