killler 2 #1 February 29, 2012 http://www.vidiload.com/video/108076/Helicopter_Falls_Apart/ Now thats funny.... Can someone with greater skills make it clicky LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyMarko 1 #2 February 29, 2012 Quote Can someone with greater skills make it clicky LOL No Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 February 29, 2012 Me neither (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #4 February 29, 2012 Quote Can someone with greater skills make it clicky LOL ----- My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyMarko 1 #5 February 29, 2012 4 responses, no real comments on the helicopter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #6 February 29, 2012 Quote4 responses, no real comments on the helicopter That's because that web site kinda sucksMy grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loch1957 0 #7 February 29, 2012 My truck does that all the time, no biggie. Why man invented duct tape.Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J-S 0 #8 February 29, 2012 I didn't see the part you found funny, to each their own, however that saying goes. I saw something similar happen in 2001 to an Air & Space 18A Gyro while I was taxing on my first solo. It was one of my instructors and her student. The Gyro shook violently like the video, rolled and broke landing gear, then rolled on its other side slamming the rotor/blades into the ground. Ugly mess. It was ground resonance (uneven rotors) that made it shake up violently. Lucky no one was hurt badly in the incident or the one in the video (from what I could see). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sacex250 0 #9 March 1, 2012 Quote I didn't see the part you found funny, to each their own, however that saying goes. I saw something similar happen in 2001 to an Air & Space 18A Gyro while I was taxing on my first solo. It was one of my instructors and her student. The Gyro shook violently like the video, rolled and broke landing gear, then rolled on its other side slamming the rotor/blades into the ground. Ugly mess. It was ground resonance (uneven rotors) that made it shake up violently. Lucky no one was hurt badly in the incident or the one in the video (from what I could see). It's ironic how the video heading asks, "Imagine if this had happened in the air." Taking off again would have solved the problem. Pilot fail!It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malta_Dog 0 #10 March 1, 2012 ROFLCOPTER!!! All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphid 0 #11 March 1, 2012 Spoke to a friend who owns a fleet of LR's and has about 14000 hours flight-time. He says there are two possible fixes: 1) Because it is an A-Star, the pilot could have tried to immediately get off the throttle with the rotor brake system "possibly" saving the day. He figures that is about a 50/50 shot at best. 2) In any helo, the fix is to load the rotor immediately to synchronize the blades. If caught soon enough, the helo may not have to actually lift off. He also said that the window of opportunity for the pilot is about 4 seconds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killler 2 #12 March 1, 2012 I find almost every thing FUNNY.... There are VERY few things in life that are not ... (I'm the guy laughing at the funeral).... Killler.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites