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[email protected] 12th July 2019 06:06

Wherever they are, I'm pretty sure they will have had an uncomfortable interview without coffee with their boss:)

drugsdontwork 12th July 2019 08:53

Lots of nose up, low fuel for a demonstration...did a donkey cough due to fuel starvation?

[email protected] 12th July 2019 11:27

Don't know about other 412s but our EPs don't have any issues with fuel starvation and nose-up as all the fuel ends up in the tanks with the booster pumps in.

ShyTorque 12th July 2019 12:21

I'd probably call that "Settling without enough power".

Two's in 12th July 2019 15:06

It's truly amazing that two of those fast-ropers are actually running and only one of them has a pronounced limp after that. Their ROD on the bottom of that rope was definitely enough to break some limbs. As for the Einstein at the controls, it seems like he got behind the ability drag curve shortly after fastening his harness.

evil7 12th July 2019 16:59

Two, I think you miss something.
All of the SF are inside the AC when it hits the deck!
Before only the ropes are thrown out and the end wads hit the ground before they were unrolled.

ApolloHeli 12th July 2019 18:02


Originally Posted by roscoe1 (Post 10516487)
who the heck are these guys? No markings I can see, nothing in the background for clues. Where are they? Just curious.

It looks like they're carrying the Tavor (bullpup rifle), and looking at the list of users for that, I reckon these are the Hondurans. They operate some 412s and the paint job / uniforms all seem to look similar to the video.

SASless 15th July 2019 01:10

Must One have an Approach Gun to "shoot" an Approach?

He sure ain't a graduate of the US Army Methods of Instruction school.

hueyracer 15th July 2019 17:40

Thing is-to throw my 2ct into the ring here-that in fully developed VRS, the cyclic input is pretty much useless-the helicopter will be so "wobbly", that the change in the angle of attack will have little to no effect on the movement of the helicopter any more......(this is just me talking out of my little experience teaching VRS-which, as we all know, is just a "demonstration" and happens at high altitude....so nothing compared to what probably happened in this video)..

In this video, the screw-up happened way before the helicopter reached the landing site.....

BlackWolf577c 15th July 2019 23:45


Originally Posted by roscoe1 (Post 10516487)
The technical discussion is fine but who the heck are these guys? No markings I can see, nothing in the background for clues. Where are they? Just curious.

Was in Latin America... They did a quick stop , lost all available power/ airflow and had a ´landing´, Torque was ´well past the red ´...They were doing a demonstration for a TV crew and were trying to look good (hmmm well they did lol)

Apologies as I´m rear crew so terminology is lost. The Pilots said ´Puta´afterwards.. that was about it....

Hueymeister 18th July 2019 11:26

Who's military/police outfit was that?


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