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Old 8th Aug 2005, 18:26
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New Enstroms grounded?
Anyone have any further info?

Heard rumour of Ground Resonance/Dynamic Rollover????
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Old 8th Aug 2005, 19:02
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...probably something to do with being too ugly to land or take off nicely.
 
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They may not be the nicest looking helicopter out there but credit where credit is due, I did a photo shoot out of a 480B and it was the smoothest camera platform I have ever used.
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Engstrom accident last Friday in US
Not sure if this was a new aircraft:



http://www.wndu.com/news/082005/news_43894.php
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Hmmm.

Maybe I'll stick with my hydraulic dampers intead of the new elastomerics until they are cleared by the investigators.
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Three further photos, from different angles at this link http://www.etruth.com/News/Content.aspx?ID=353830&page=
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Looks like they are: Enstrom orders 480B dampers removed.

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