How not to take off in your Robinson!!
Came across this today, clearly it wasn't the pilots day.
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=9e6C9_1592379852 |
a helicopter failed to take off and fell into the water three weeks after flicking its tail in mid-air |
Looks like he tried to do a splash & go.
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It felt a bit like less than three weeks between flicking its tail in the air and the impact.
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Originally Posted by homonculus
(Post 10814221)
Pulitzer prize to the journo who penned this....
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I think that can go down as 4 take-offs and landings in the logbook :E
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Originally Posted by nomorehelosforme
(Post 10814207)
Came across this today, clearly it wasn't the pilots day.
BEWARE, clicking that link brought up a rather unusual image that had to be closed before the Robinson footage could be viewed. |
Soooo, I'm guessing a slippery surface and slow on the pedals?
,...well at least it wasn't a 22! :-) |
Maybe he forgot that he sold his Clipper last week:}
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I've often wondered what would happen if you just yanked the collective without touching the pedals or the cyclic - mystery solved.
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In all fairness, the aircraft did it's best to fly away from the water. However, the person operating the controls must have had other intentions... Wonder if the water was cold!
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I saw similar behaviour with an R22 at rather close quarters some years ago (dramatic enough for me to dive for cover)
From recollection the incident was something to do with a gust lock or control friction setting which caused a serious PIO as soon as the thing lifted. Does this make sense ? I don't fly these machines, but I'm sure that plenty on this forum do and can comment further. |
To be fair, I don’t think it is how to take off in any helicopter.
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All the humor aside, can someone please elaborate on takeoff technique and hazards from slippery surface like ice? I do not remember reading this in Helo Flying handbook. But one of my instructor mentioned one time to me.
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Originally Posted by kansarasc
(Post 10815328)
All the humor aside, can someone please elaborate on takeoff technique and hazards from slippery surface like ice? I do not remember reading this in Helo Flying handbook. But one of my instructor mentioned one time to me.
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Not sure if this question is relevant to sh*t show displayed here but I asked because Robbiee mentioned slippery surface TO
Governor off during lift off from slick surface is interesting. I will discuss that with my instructor |
Spraying bugs with helicopters? Whaat?
I wonder what sort of nozzle you'd need to spray helicopters. Some kind of rotary atomiser? It seems an extraordinarily complexand costly way of getting rid of bugs. Why not use an insecticide? |
I wonder if there was a C of G issue with the insecticide tank? It seems to just tip backwards and stick the TR in the water, which no doubt results in loss of TR drive and the subsequent gyrations.
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Can piston engines develop sufficient torque to make rpm transitions (usually spinning up not down) tricky?
would think a normally aspirated engine would have all the torque of a wet noodle thrown at a wall. |
Originally Posted by kansarasc
(Post 10815375)
Not sure if this question is relevant to sh*t show displayed here but I asked because Robbiee mentioned slippery surface TO
Governor off during lift off from slick surface is interesting. I will discuss that with my instructor |
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