Another view of the top gear crash
 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f70_1333743291

The Mi24 .. probably my favourite among the world's 'ugly' helicopters not least of all because of its impressive speed and maneuverability.

The automated fire from the side-mounted 30cal (a feature of the 'P' model so favoured among African air forces) at 1:21 is a thing of beauty!

I used to fly these as an aggressor pilot against our US military. It is a 30mm gun. The thing had a habit of rolling rapidly if during a high bank angle turn and loading it. The inside wing would quit flying. Your only option at that point was to continue the roll or use opposite pedal to bring it back. It was very fast due to it's positive angle of incidence wings. Also it was air conditioned and pressurized to fly in a NBC environment sans gas mask.

Scary wobble during landing BO 105
 

Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 scary wobble during landing.

MBB BO 105
 

And BO-105 again

Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm BO-105 - YouTube

Scary Wobble???? I havent seen anything to be afraid of!

skadi

The only scary wobble was camera man induced... a drink or two should make it more stable.

Wobble
 

Might be normal manoeuvre, but having to turn into the wind like that in close quarters, just before touch down like that sure looked scary to me. thxs for comment.

Wobble
 

Trying to keep cam stable while hand held on zoom very difficult, was lucky to get heli in shot. wobble tends to be at 100% 25x zoom, but a few beers might help, thanks for advice.

Close quarters? I assume, it just looked close because it was filmed with high zoom ???

skadi

PS: Explanation in your last post! 25x zoom....

Wobble
 

Understand optics and zoom, but that heli pad is very small, and have watched many take offs and landings mainly with ec 135 in strong wind and sure there is wobble, but never that low.

EC 135 from same pad
 

Here is EC 135 take off from same pad

Nasa helicopter crash test
 

haven´t seen this before



and helicopter aerobatics Switzerland



Greetings Flying Bull

Hi Everybody

Try this link for an idea of DRC helicopter operations. Enjoy

BO105 wobble?
 

He wasn't wobbling, he was coiling his sling line before landing.

Erickson Aircrane.
 

An impressive piece of engineering.


500 Fan.

This video might show you what the area is like and a bit of what the work is like, but it is more about show boating and flying irresponsibly. The rest of us don't fly like that in the DRC... it's just too risky - especially as there is no help when your finger comes out your ass...!!!
:ugh::ugh::ugh:

Sure the SA CAA would love a copy of that for their next inspection on BAC operations... :eek:

Polish Air Ambulance + Polish Mountain Rescue in training

Police Fast Rope Action in Erfurt.

Helicopters appearing at 2:50



Just a little bit of Show at the Hessentag 2011

Demonstration of SEK Frankfurt and Police Helicopter Unit Hessen.

Helicopter appearing at 2:45