Blade Separation
Probably a violent lurch is felt as your lights go out. If you are very unlucky you will feel the lurch, hear a lot of loud ugly noise, and you then have a few seconds to question why you are not stocking shelves at Tesco instead of being in a helicopter.
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I don't think there are any cockpit drills for this one.
Blade separated from aircraft = pilot separated from breath shortly afterwards.
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Blade separation:
During formation flying, the art of keeping one's blades separate from those of the rest of the formation. Essential for longevity. (Note: Do not try this at home. Best left to the experts)
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My apologies gents, shouyld have put it another way - anyone able to explan what actually happens to the blade - more on the technical side i.e reasons how and why it occurs.. cheers
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Usually blades break off from "fatigue", meaning the blade has gone through more bending cycles than it was designed for or had a defect that was a stress riser.
A google search of "blade disbond" will get some hits about blade separation.
A google search of "blade disbond" will get some hits about blade separation.
