Which helicopter is the Widow Maker?

[Steve76]

The fuel injected H269C (H300) has killed more of my friends than any other.
3200rpm was just a bad idea.

[SASless]

Uncontrolled popups of the stick....not since a long ...long time ago!

[rotornut]

The fuel injected H269C (H300) has killed more of my friends than any other.

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Presumably at max gross and hot and high conditions? I did my initial training in one and we never ran out of rpm but we were relatively light.

[Steve76]

"Presumably at max gross and hot and high conditions? I did my initial training in one and we never ran out of rpm but we were relatively light."

No...... the engine is revving too hard. Well known issue. They just self distruct. A pushrod motor should not run that hard, hense the lesser RPM of the CB models etc...

[rotornut]

OK, got you. We had two 300Cs where I trained but we never lost an engine.

[rotornut]

Make that three Hughes 300s. One of them was written off after it rolled during a practice auto