Blade Separation

[UnDies]

Anyone give me a detailed explanation of this? Cheers

[SASless]

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.

[the beater]

Colin Fry could probably put you in touch with a few people with first hand experience. Or have I misunderstood the question?

[ShyTorque]

I don't think there are any cockpit drills for this one.

Blade separated from aircraft = pilot separated from breath shortly afterwards.

[VfrpilotPB/2]

Sasless Has it right on the money......... But would stacking shelves give any of the sheer excitement of flying an eggbeater

[madherb]

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)

[UnDies]

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

[slowrotor]

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.

[UnDies]

cheers mate