Landed too close to car park barrier
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Landed too close to car park barrier
German EC135P2 of ADAC today landed too close to a car park barrier in Berlin when picking up a patient - downwash seems to have caused the barrier to rise up into the rotor disc.
see report here
see report here
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Don't these barriers open automatically if there is a car driving out (ie. weight on the ground portion before the barrier or infrared sensor)? In the article it also says nothing about rotor downwash.
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True, but then it doesn't say that the helicopter landed on the pressure pad (or metal detector) to make the barrier rise up like it would do for a car either! All we know is that the barrier contacted the rotor blades
Normally doesn't take a lot of metal to make these barriers trigger to lift if it was an induction loop.
IR ones are too easy to trick.
A metal case with photographic equipment (one hand carried) was usually enough to get you out the "IN" gate.
IR ones are too easy to trick.
A metal case with photographic equipment (one hand carried) was usually enough to get you out the "IN" gate.
