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Old 18th Jun 2019, 19:17
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Where'd the tail go?
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Old 18th Jun 2019, 19:44
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Peter the "Pumpkin eater" will have all the answers.
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Old 18th Jun 2019, 21:41
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Davy Jones's locker by the look of it.
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Old 18th Jun 2019, 22:10
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Good job by the pilot.
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Old 18th Jun 2019, 22:25
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Excellent Airmanship!
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Old 18th Jun 2019, 23:11
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Pilot and two passengers on board. Tail rotor fell off just after take-off. I've got a hunch the mechanic might be feeling a little nervous about it! I wonder if the passengers get a refund?

https://www.local10.com/news/florida...n-off-key-west
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Old 19th Jun 2019, 16:13
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“The back fell off”
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Old 19th Jun 2019, 21:06
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“The back fell off”
Nobody...at least no helicopter pilot is going to get that joke without the link to the hilarious video.
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Old 19th Jun 2019, 22:13
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The funny video refers to the front falling off

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Old 20th Jun 2019, 06:15
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Ummm I think the mechanic is safe 🧐
I’d be checking the leading edge on the blades 😬
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Old 20th Jun 2019, 07:19
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Hmm.....

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Old 20th Jun 2019, 08:27
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Great there's been a happy ending for the pilot and the pax, guess somebody else will have some explaining to do, but on a lighter note I've now been enlightened by 'the front end fell off' .... just spend the last 10 mins watching several vids by the same guys!, ta very much and sorry if that high jacked the post!
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Old 20th Jun 2019, 19:29
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Maybe the tail cam came off before the tail came off
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Old 21st Jun 2019, 15:39
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Ummm I think the mechanic is safe 🧐
I’d be checking the leading edge on the blades 😬
Nothing wrong with the leading edges.
The whole tailrotor is cutting edge technology!
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Old 21st Jun 2019, 21:38
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Nothing wrong with the leading edges.
The whole tailrotor is cutting edge technology!

No

Its a perfect example of a negative G tail boom strike.

Maybe the pilot does believe it just fell off...
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Old 22nd Jun 2019, 00:03
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The R44 main rotor blades are long enough to hit the tail and take it clean off, really?
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Old 22nd Jun 2019, 03:23
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No

Its a perfect example of a negative G tail boom strike.

Maybe the pilot does believe it just fell off...
Too far aft and too clean for a tail boom strike.
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Old 22nd Jun 2019, 04:57
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Too far aft and too clean for a tail boom strike.
I will eat my humble pie. You are correct!
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Old 22nd Jun 2019, 17:07
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No

Its a perfect example of a negative G tail boom strike.

Maybe the pilot does believe it just fell off...
Take a look at the photo. There is still tailboom, where the mainrotor ends.
So no tail boom strike here....
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Old 23rd Jun 2019, 05:29
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It will be interesting to find the reason. Gone from the gearbox. Sort of wonder if the tail rotor has struck a bird, drone or something has come from the cabin and taken out a TR blade
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