Chopper Crash

Andy Moore · 24 December 2005, 17:36

http://www.wimp.com/fails/

codprawn · 24 December 2005, 17:46

Ouch!!!

Hightower · 24 December 2005, 18:00

Did you see one of the Soldiers getting throw out on the far side, must have run for his life!

Andy Moore · 24 December 2005, 18:04

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Originally Posted by Hightower

Did you see one of the Soldiers getting throw out on the far side, must have run for his life!

It looks to me as though there is another guy that falls out and is swept over by the tail. But its hard to tell.

Rogue Wave · 24 December 2005, 18:05

I onder what the collective opinion was on that!

Andy Stevens · 24 December 2005, 19:08

He pulled up too much and clipped the tail rotor, the aircraft landed and then the main rotor span the thing up.

gingercoastie · 24 December 2005, 19:16

I would say that they suffered a gearbox failure on the tail rotor drive, so the torgue from the main rotors went into a spin. Not much the pilots could do at that height.

Rob Jones · 24 December 2005, 19:22

Rogue Wave I onder what the collective opinion was on that!
24 December 2005 19:04

- IT CRASHED

Andy Stevens · 24 December 2005, 19:31

If you slow it down, look at the angle he hit (with some force) Also the rotor looks damaged??????

I reckon the bloke who jumped out ducked too.

Rogue Wave · 24 December 2005, 20:03

It was a play on words Guys! I believe the collective is the main control for a chopper. OK back to the Brandy

Jono · 24 December 2005, 20:13

Stu... there are so few of us on your wavelength....and it's a large JD for me...

Rogue Wave · 24 December 2005, 20:49

I knew the comment unlike the chopper would fly over the head of Andy Stevens.

Andy Stevens · 24 December 2005, 20:54

He'd already set the collective, which is why i ignored it,

it was the cyclic he cocked up.

TJ101 · 24 December 2005, 22:53

The story behind the helicopter crash is that it was a French Police Special Forces Demo which went very badly wrong. The Puma (can't remember the Frence name, so calling it by the UK name) came in at too steep an approach angle and "flaired" too late, or in other words the pilot left it to late to slow the descent.

The tail rotor protection bar hit the ground and smashed (which can be viewed later on in the film just hanging on), and the tail hit the ground. One totaled tail rotor system and a rather top-heavy heli results in it trying to dig for New Zealand

Note the co-pilot has his left arm out the window as he comes into land

Regards Tim

Nate · 25 December 2005, 08:43

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Originally Posted by TJ101

The Puma (can't remember the Frence name, so calling it by the UK name).

Le Puma?

Anyway - if I was a terrorist and I saw the French Special Forces come in like that I'd sh*t myself!