ROTORHEADS AROUND THE WORLD: Videos

[allyn]

Old school...

I found some nice videos of:

...a Huey....



...a UH34 starting up...



...and the same UH34 doing an autorotation....

[Senior Pilot]

Rescuing Bambi

[g-mady]

Interesting technique - Using the tail stinger to slow the flare in auto!!!!!



MADY

[Senior Pilot]

I don't recall seeing this accident before: the tail boom is fractured as the load begins to lift, the rest is just remarkable.

As for the casualty retrieval

[eivissa]

This video has been shown to me during the CPL training and I remember discussing about it with my teacher (ex CH53G pilot from the German army).
I think he said something like this accident happened in Israel (or somewhere in that area) and that it was caused because the pilot had the stability augmentation system engaged and kind of worked against the machinery until it all broke apart (P.I.O.?).
I think he also said it was during a military showcase and the video shows the second or third attempt which then went terribly wrong.

I am sure someone can shed any more light on this?

[Darkhorse30]

I saw this video in Egypt in early 1989 at an Egyptian Air Force officers meeting at Almaza . I was told that the Israeli CH-53 was moving frontier markers on the Sinai when it happened. The Egyptians thought it was kind of funny since most of them had fought Israelies in previous years and didn't care for them. No cause was discussed beyond the obvious tail rotor failure.

[WylieCoyote]

This video is mentioned in a recent Heliops article on sling loads, the cause was apparently a vertical bounce heightened by the use of nylon straps.

[ecureilx]

As for the stretcher bearers .. their urgency to get away from the wreck would have overtaken their need to be safe with the casualty ..

[Senior Pilot]

There are some wonderful old films on the British Pathe site: this one of a Whirlwind about SARBE manufacture and use should appeal to crab@

SARBE Beacon

Whilst this film of a 1955 SAR demo was just a bit too realistic

I do like the "22 Squadron of Coastal Command" bit, though

[Droopy]

"...Navigator Flight Sergeant Scruggins..." - If you made that up nobody would believe it.

[Flying Bull]

Winch training with EC155

Hi, you find a video from a winch training on you tube



and another video from "Fast Roping" on the page
NRW-Tag: Video: Leistungsschau des SEK | NRW-Tag 2009 | Nachrichten aus Hamm | Westfälischer Anzeiger

Greetings
Flying Bull

[rotorrookie]

MI-26

[ecureilx]

Mi-26

re: the video of Chernobyl, Is that an Mi-26 that backs into the structure, or an Mi-17 or Mi-8 ?

[WOP]

I'm pretty sure the one that crashed was an Mi-8...

[skadi]

Its not a Mi 8, i think the silhouette looks more like an old Mi 6.

skadi

[WOP]

Same crash, different video...

[skadi]

Ok, the last video proved it as a MI 8, in the first video the helicopter looks too stretched for a Mi 8, maybe due to widescreen video format...

skadi

[Senior Pilot]

Searching today for some details on the Italian wedding accident involving a gyrocopter, I came across this clip. What was that about crazy Italians

[VeeAny]

I guess going around at about 02:15 would be interesting !

[twinstar_ca]

jeebus... all them freaking wires on final!!!!!