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On Feb 23, 4:25 am, "Andrew Crane" wrote:
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On Feb 21, 5:13 am, "Andrew Crane" wrote:
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Thought you guys might be interested

http://www.videosift.com/video/Helic...s-A-Close-Call

But why wouldn't he have kept some negative collective to keep it
nailed
to
the deck?.... how far would the tips 'dished' down?.....not enough
to
cause
the crew more worries than they already had??

I think you dreamed "negative collective".

It seemed very light on the skids on the previous couple of
swells??

The chap took off. It didn't do this by itself.

Regards
Andrew

If the collective was not full down the chopper would be light on the
skids, The ship dropping in the swell would be enough for it to lift
off the deck.

Which begs the question why was he light on the skids in the first place.
And why he didn't respond to the lurching during the previous two swells.
I
think he was having a play.

Regards
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That or incredibly careless given the situation. Either way, pretty
inexcusable.

Very nice job of instantly dumping collective to get back down after
the tail strike. Any attempt to fly it down and he'd have been history.


Is the netting standard equipment in such cases? Seem like it did a good
job of giving the skids something to grab on to when he set it down. I can
imagine the aircraft sliding off the pad without it.

Also, those have "got" to be two of the luckiest deck hands in the world!

Fly Safe,
Steve R.