Information about this crash, please?

Flyingmonk wrote:

Brian wrote:

If the tail rotor hits the ground and breaks "stuff", then
the engine suddenly has an excess of power due to the lack
of drag because it's no longer driving the tail. That surge
of power then causes the main rotor to speed up causing
extra lift.


Excellent observation, I agree...


And extra torque that the damaged tail can no longer counter.

Matt

And extra torque that the damaged tail can no longer counter.

That too!

Did you see the link I posted to PPrune about the same acident,
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H2C52254C it even shows 'snap shots' that
shows and explains critical moments?

Flyingmonk wrote:

And extra torque that the damaged tail can no longer counter.


That too!

Did you see the link I posted to PPrune about the same acident,
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H2C52254C it even shows 'snap shots' that
shows and explains critical moments?


No, I missed that link. I saw the still shots shown above, but without
seeing the video first it was hard to get the gist of it.


Matt

No, I missed that link. I saw the still shots shown above, but without
seeing the video first it was hard to get the gist of it.

A video really is worth a thousand words, or pictures. It's very hard
to grasp what's happening in a crash from just a few still photos.

FYI: A contributor has sent me a whole bunch of new videos that I've
just uploaded to the site. It's amazing how big this page is
getting...

See them at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/aviation_videos.htm
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Thanks for having it Jay. I'm sure alot of us appreciate it.