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Old 28th Dec 2020, 13:08
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Yes it is impressive. That’s why it was discussed on these pages years ago and at great length.
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Old 29th Dec 2020, 00:36
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while that video is rated high on the skill level....this one lacks the same....

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Old 29th Dec 2020, 00:55
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Every time I see a toe in landing like that. I can't help having chill down my back at the thought of one of these guys un-boarding and immediately walking up hill into the blades.

I know they have been briefed but that is one of the stupid instinct that human and animal alike do, they like to go up hill. not sure the pilot could take the aircraft out quickly enough.
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Old 29th Dec 2020, 11:56
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On this subject, not sure if it has been talked about here but, on 6th June this year (2020), an EC 145 of the French Securite Civile, based in Pau (F-ZBQF, indicatif Dragon 64) toe-in landed at "Col de la Taillandiere", in the Pyrenees, while embarquing a casualty, They had a MR blade strike
on the mountain face... Luckily, no one was hurt but the machine was very badly damaged (but repairable). Respect to all these "special pilots" risking their own lifes to helps others....

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Old 29th Dec 2020, 12:07
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Originally Posted by Agile
Every time I see a toe in landing like that. I can't help having chill down my back at the thought of one of these guys un-boarding and immediately walking up hill into the blades.

I know they have been briefed but that is one of the stupid instinct that human and animal alike do, they like to go up hill. not sure the pilot could take the aircraft out quickly enough.
Can't remember the exact year, 1974 or 1975, an ALAT "oil" did just that, not long after issuing a bulletin refering to this toe-in landing, slope landing procedure!!!...
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Old 17th Jul 2021, 17:59
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Originally Posted by Fonsini
I’m not rotary wing so I have no idea if this is impressive or not, so I thought I would ask the experts. Your assessment appreciated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0z9HRC7hlU
Doesn’t always go to plan, a few lucky escapes:

Jul 21 Sécurité Civile EC145 Mountain Rescue Main Rotor Blade Strike Leads to Tail Strike - Aerossurance

Oct 20 http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/...-blade-strike/
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Old 18th Jul 2021, 11:16
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Thanks for this Aucky. I guess the margins are very small. And it makes a difference whether you pivot around the "toe", facing the slope, or around the skid, alongside the slope.

I appreciated the remark in the first report that "perversely" the better and experienced the pilot is, the more likely they are to get themselves into such a problem.
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