JumboBumbo From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (6 years 8 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 6063 times:
I've seen the one posted by AsstChiefMark before and I believe that guy had only purchased that helicopter that day and decided to take it for a "spin" with virtually no experience.... I think I heard that from one of those "When Fast Animals Meet Slow Children" shows on SpikeTV.
KSUpilot From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 656 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (6 years 8 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 6044 times:
The one by Jpax just looks like a scary experience. Nothing worse than crashing into water and then flipping. However, I heard that helicopter crews are well trained in this situation, so I hope all made it out all right.
Call911mfc From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 54 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (6 years 8 months 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 5942 times:
Quoting JumboBumbo (Reply 5): I've seen the one posted by AsstChiefMark before and I believe that guy had only purchased that helicopter that day and decided to take it for a "spin" with virtually no experience.... I think I heard that from one of those "When Fast Animals Meet Slow Children" shows on SpikeTV.
The guy had a fixed wing license, but bought the helo with no rotary experience. It was his first training flight and the instructor had gone to fill out paperwork and told the guy not to touch anything. He decided to anyway and you saw the result.
Airfoilsguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (6 years 8 months 19 hours ago) and read 5742 times:
All right lets have a vote, which pilot is the more moronic. The one with zero experience trying to fly a hellicopter or the one with experience who tries to tow a boat. (I couldn't get the third video to run on my computer)
WSOY From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (6 years 8 months 12 hours ago) and read 3797 times:
Quoting JumboBumbo (Reply 5): I've seen the one posted by AsstChiefMark before and I believe that guy had only purchased that helicopter that day and decided to take it for a "spin" with virtually no experience....
Quoting Call911mfc (Reply 7): It was his first training flight and the instructor had gone to fill out paperwork and told the guy not to touch anything. He decided to anyway and you saw the result.
I googled the background to this incident (you can see the N-number, faintly) some time ago. The pilot, who had a lot of fixed wing experience, had decided to start the engine on his own while waiting for his instructor to arrive. Unfortunately, the collector in that type of copter can be activated by a slight touch. Finding himself flying all of a sudden, he did what a fixed wing pilot would do by instinct, "pull the nose down", which would get the copter flying further, and so on with all the basic fixed wing skills out of place. Considering this, he actually does a decent job getting the craft down by cutting the throttle.
MERLIN From India, joined Mar 2006, 70 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (6 years 8 months 11 hours ago) and read 3081 times:
wow the third video is pretty bad...does ne 1 have have a complete story of what the third incident was all about..
Quoting Airfoilsguy (Reply 8): All right lets have a vote, which pilot is the more moronic. The one with zero experience trying to fly a hellicopter or the one with experience who tries to tow a boat. (I couldn't get the third video to run on my computer)
def the first one...
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Kalvado From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 471 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (6 years 8 months 10 hours ago) and read 2628 times:
MERLIN, third video is about an engine-out problem during take-off after water landing. You can see helicopter falling down 15 feet after takeoff, and loosing control during attempted engine restart
CURLYHEADBOY From Italy, joined Feb 2005, 921 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (6 years 8 months 10 hours ago) and read 2588 times:
Well, there is one more video on the internet of a yellow-painted russian helo hovering down a street and then crushing its rotor against a tree and a light pole... looks pretty stupid, though i don't know what actually happened.
If God had wanted men to fly he would have given them more money...
Call911mfc From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 54 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (6 years 8 months 4 hours ago) and read 2420 times:
Quoting CURLYHEADBOY (Reply 15): Well, there is one more video on the internet of a yellow-painted russian helo hovering down a street and then crushing its rotor against a tree and a light pole... looks pretty stupid, though i don't know what actually happened
David L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 9216 posts, RR: 42 Reply 18, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2244 times:
Quoting Call911mfc (Reply 16): From what I remember, the guy bought the helicopter with no experience. Not sure, but I think he was trying to teach himself to fly it......
Call911mfc From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 54 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2162 times:
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