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No matter what You fly, Helicopter operations are hazardous........safety First; always wear a Helmet :E

This lucky Lad is probably still breathing today, thanks to wearing a Helmet :D
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Wow, third in a week. Excellent attrition rate for the good old Robbo. Keep up the good work guys

Based on an extremely cursory search for the period 1 April through 8 May, scratch one each:

CH-53E
SH-212
AH-64
MD-600N
German -53 of some sort
Mi-8
Ka-29
UN-1H
Ka-52
AS350B2
206 of some type

...and 3 Robinsons, one of which clearly had nothing to do with the design, the other two TBD.

Keep up the good work guys, don't want those Robinson helicopters, or Robinson pilots, to look bad in comparison :ugh:

Is it just me or is this rather predictable "well done for getting rid of another one" stuff starting to wear a bit thin?

It was perhaps funny the first once or twice but really...? If that's all you've got to contribute about helicopter accidents then I am reminded of the phrase "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and prove it".

Robbo's have their weaknesses, and I've flown one unlike a lot of the armchair experts on here. I'd not choose to fly one again however this school playground knee-jerk nonsense is really starting to have a detrimental effect on any thread that involves a Robbo, overshadowing and discouraging real discussion. It's like the sad old git in the corner of the bar who keeps telling the same story over and over again because he's got nothing else to talk about.

What? More than one fabled twin heli has crashed in the last week? Surely not.

Single piston, single turbine, twin turbine - they all come a cropper with alarming regularity.

AA what site do you use to get that info ?

Robbo,...?

That name never ceases to amuse me. I makes you all sound like sifi geeks from the 80's. :ok:

It isn't so much about the helicopter type, but more about pilot handling with respect to the limitations of the flight envelope....my opinion

No, it's not just you. I second that.

I didn't try very hard. I Google'd "helicopter accident database" and the first citation was:

https://www.rotor.org/Publications/R...Incidents.aspx

LIke I said, an extremely cursory search. Probably not complete, nor accurate, but seemed good enough at the time.

I'd gladly stop flying Robinson machines, but it's a pity operators aren't exactly handing out jobs in turbines, or the elusive twin turbine machines. Guess it's back to my peasant aircraft because I'm not capable enough hey.....

I've flown a couple turbines. Trust me, you're not missing anything!

What do you mean?

It means he has a bad case of turbine envy and hasn't moved past denial yet into acceptance :E

R21Butters: probably Wind Turbines.
Kindly enlighten everyone here as to which turbine you have flown and why they aren't anything different from a rubber band with inherent lethal flaws.

Maybe You might need to fly a couple more, maybe a LOT more.............:eek:

Why, the view is the same, so frankly I couldn't care less what drives it.

206 and 500

Also flown an s-55 with a radial engine, and again,...so what! You guys may get raging chubbies over that turbine whine, but sorry I just don't see what's so special about them.

Oh dear!
Now you've shown your colours and frankly you appear not to have a clue do you?

Are you saying there is no flying difference between a Hughes 500 and a rubber band???? WTF.

Wait till nigelh learns of this:ugh:

Are you sure you're not talking about radio controlled models R21butters?