R44 crash w/video - Forresters Beach NSW - 19/11/2022
As said before, Frank Robinson was a tail rotor expert and it is difficult to get into a situation like the one depicted without some significant mishandling.
Approach downwind, with a “good” ROD.
Jerk the collective up as the ground rushes up and you lose ETL on Main and Tail rotors. If you are heavy (or high DA), and you really try, you might manage to bleed a few RRPM, which is obviously ideal.
Let a right yaw develop, preferably wind assisted. Kick in a heap of left pedal - enough to stop the yaw instantly, and start a rapid yaw to the left. Jerking a little extra collective at this stage helps.
Really, it’s only likely to work well, if you can keep the RRPM from recovering (Tricky with so much installed power), otherwise the the excellent TR will just “work”.
Practice makes perfect.
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Think overpitching here. Notice the ac actually yaws to the left as he slows down, that application of pedal will slow the MR down, I guess he pulls more power with collective, which reduces translational lift as the nose goes up a bit and the Tr says I have had enough and gives up !
as the thrust vector points forward a lot of lift is lost from an already overtaxed hovering ship.
one can easily pull too much collective at the sight of the nose starting to sniff the runway upon moving forward.
as beginner pilot I was always surprised how easy it is to overpitch as you try to get the aircraft moving foward.
as the thrust vector points forward a lot of lift is lost from an already overtaxed hovering ship.
one can easily pull too much collective at the sight of the nose starting to sniff the runway upon moving forward.
as the thrust vector points forward a lot of lift is lost from an already overtaxed hovering ship.
one can easily pull too much collective at the sight of the nose starting to sniff the runway upon moving forward.
Is that how it works. ? Must have been getting it wrong all those years ago. Never managed to “sniff” a runway or the oggin for that matter.
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Oh, dear...it was a guess, but an uninformed one.
There ain't no such animal as LTE, as explained by multiple test pilots such as Nick Lappos and John Dixson over the years. Search for "Helicopter urban myths" on this site.
Demanding more from the tail rotor than it can produce is a more likely cause. Frank Robinson was a tail rotor expert and it is difficult to get into a situation like the one depicted without some significant mishandling.
There ain't no such animal as LTE, as explained by multiple test pilots such as Nick Lappos and John Dixson over the years. Search for "Helicopter urban myths" on this site.
Demanding more from the tail rotor than it can produce is a more likely cause. Frank Robinson was a tail rotor expert and it is difficult to get into a situation like the one depicted without some significant mishandling.
Well, sorry but there is a thing called Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness. It is pretty real when the flex coupling fails in the R 44 TR Drive shaft. LTE is the effect, not the cause and that is accepted by everyone. Instead of arguing, how about we constructively try to fill the experience bag before the luck one runs out! More seasoned ones here can figure what happened, because we have all been there or close to it, too. Glad they are largely OK.
Well, sorry but there is a thing called Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness. It is pretty real when the flex coupling fails in the R 44 TR Drive shaft. LTE is the effect, not the cause and that is accepted by everyone. Instead of arguing, how about we constructively try to fill the experience bag before the luck one runs out! More seasoned ones here can figure what happened, because we have all been there or close to it, too. Glad they are largely OK.
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That is a mechanical failure - most would call it a tail rotor drive failure.
Doesn't that just sound so much better.
Though in this case, it sounds more like a complete loss of helicopter effectiveness.
Well, sorry but there is a thing called Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness. It is pretty real when the flex coupling fails in the R 44 TR Drive shaft. LTE is the effect, not the cause and that is accepted by everyone. Instead of arguing, how about we constructively try to fill the experience bag before the luck one runs out! More seasoned ones here can figure what happened, because we have all been there or close to it, too. Glad they are largely OK.
anypilot - Well, sorry but there is a thing called Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness
Nick Lappos Sikorsky test piot - There really is no such thing as Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness, BTW - for a given density altitude, the tail rotor always produces a given maximum amount of thrust and a given maximum effectiveness, it is just that it can be swamped by main rotor torque rises, and by crosswind effects. Generally, only marginal tail rotors experience LTE, and the vast majority of LTE events are experienced by only two types of helicopter. LTE is not a pervasive helicopter problem
we have all been there or close to it, too
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Failure of the meat servo?
Heavy-slow-flat approach, low time pilot with death grip on the controls?
Left pedal droops the RPM, death grip prevents governor from rolling on throttle.
RPM droops then collective under armpit causes right uncontrolled yaw.
Heavy landing for the 4 passengers onboard.
Heavy-slow-flat approach, low time pilot with death grip on the controls?
Left pedal droops the RPM, death grip prevents governor from rolling on throttle.
RPM droops then collective under armpit causes right uncontrolled yaw.
Heavy landing for the 4 passengers onboard.
Failure of the meat servo?
Heavy-slow-flat approach, low time pilot with death grip on the controls?
Left pedal droops the RPM, death grip prevents governor from rolling on throttle.
RPM droops then collective under armpit causes right uncontrolled yaw.
Heavy landing for the 4 passengers onboard.
Heavy-slow-flat approach, low time pilot with death grip on the controls?
Left pedal droops the RPM, death grip prevents governor from rolling on throttle.
RPM droops then collective under armpit causes right uncontrolled yaw.
Heavy landing for the 4 passengers onboard.