It sounded like engine failure to me, however if that was it, the
pilot should have been able to manage it better than that. Does that
heli have hydraulic controls? What happens to the hydraulic controls
if the engine fails? On a car, you still have steering, however, its
a lot harder to work whe the engine quits turning the hydraulic pump.
Is it the same way on a heli? If it is, then maybe the loss of
control was the pilot trying to force the controls.

Dennis.

Sage wrote:


It looks like it may have been a failure of the tail rotor drive
or controls. The tail rotor itself appears to be intact.

Dennis Hawkins
n4mwd AT amsat DOT org (humans know what to do)

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