R44 Crash Chile
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R44 Crash Chile
This happened a few days ago, and thought there might be some discussion on it. Aircraft clips flag/pole on departure and comes down hard.
https://twitter.com/S118869/status/845036209713758208
https://twitter.com/S118869/status/845036209713758208
Good classroom example of how rotor airflow dynamics can endanger a departure. Flag gets pulled into the rotor disk. Similar to branches getting pulled down into the rotor when you hover underneath them. He didn't have much margin in that spot and the first little curve ball struck him out. Why regulators can count on a steady paycheck.