Is a fenestron useful ?

[HeliHenri]

It seems so :
https://www.rtl.lu/news/national/a/2306525.html

[RVDT]

Originally Posted by HeliHenri

It seems so :
https://www.rtl.lu/news/national/a/2306525.html

"One job" is that you? Going to be hard to BS their way out of that one. As the saying goes "all the gear, and no idea" . "Dreckskëscht" for that aircraft.

[helispotter]

ASN entry indicates it was LX-HLP in Luxembourg:

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/513742

[Mee3]

That once we were sent with tow wheels to reposition one of those situation...

[evil7]

Wrong thread title here. The Fenestron was ok until the „landing“. He damaged the main blades in the trees. All tips are fu….

[Hughes500]

usually hang a saw under a 500 but each to their own

[ShyTorque]

I was very surprised how long it was before it was shut down.

[212man]

Originally Posted by ShyTorque

I was very surprised how long it was before it was shut down.

Maybe the pilot could not find the engine switches because of the vibrations!

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Originally Posted by ShyTorque

I was very surprised how long it was before it was shut down.

The pilot probably took a while to get his head out of his hands after realising what he had just done to his aircraft and his career......

[MechEngr]

It looks like the fenestron was very useful. Without it the bird would have no tail feathers and been a suddenly spinning, uncontrollable mess whipping into the trees rather than simply losing lift and getting back on the ground.

[ericferret]

Originally Posted by MechEngr

It looks like the fenestron was very useful. Without it the bird would have no tail feathers and been a suddenly spinning, uncontrollable mess whipping into the trees rather than simply losing lift and getting back on the ground.

Here's another. If this had been an S76 rather than a Dauphin the outcome would have been somewhat different.

https://assets.publishing.service.go...BKXD_07-08.pdf

"The full extent of the damage was still to be
determined at the time of writing, but was likely to be
more extensive than the first assessment indicated"

I liked this bit of understatement. Replacement tail drive train, tailboom, MRGB and two engines.