Top Gear Helicopter Crash
07 April 2012, 09:51 AM
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Top Gear Helicopter Crash
Last edited by JackClark; 07 April 2012 at 12:09 PM. Reason: Some tit being picky.
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you didn't want to do that
07 April 2012, 12:07 PM
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As much as I'd love to pause and wait for the anti-fanboys to jump in. You click the link on an iPad and iPhone. I watched it on my Apple TV via my iPhone.
07 April 2012, 12:31 PM
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07 April 2012, 01:23 PM
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It looks like the pilot banked too steeply and scrubbed off far to much forward speed. When he was banked over at that angle he'd need to be going much faster otherwise the aircraft would settle in its own rotor wash. You can see from the onboard video he tried to correct it by inputing a slight left cyclic correction. It was too little too late.
To simplify, the aircraft should be sitting on top the lift generated by the rotor. At that speed and angle, any lift being generated is almost parallel to the ground, and the aircraft would simply slide out of the sky. A few extra knots and he might have made it.
So definitely pilot error (in my opinion).
To simplify, the aircraft should be sitting on top the lift generated by the rotor. At that speed and angle, any lift being generated is almost parallel to the ground, and the aircraft would simply slide out of the sky. A few extra knots and he might have made it.
So definitely pilot error (in my opinion).
07 April 2012, 01:57 PM
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It looks like the pilot banked too steeply and scrubbed off far to much forward speed. When he was banked over at that angle he'd need to be going much faster otherwise the aircraft would settle in its own rotor wash. You can see from the onboard video he tried to correct it by inputing a slight left cyclic correction. It was too little too late.
To simplify, the aircraft should be sitting on top the lift generated by the rotor. At that speed and angle, any lift being generated is almost parallel to the ground, and the aircraft would simply slide out of the sky. A few extra knots and he might have made it.
So definitely pilot error (in my opinion).
To simplify, the aircraft should be sitting on top the lift generated by the rotor. At that speed and angle, any lift being generated is almost parallel to the ground, and the aircraft would simply slide out of the sky. A few extra knots and he might have made it.
So definitely pilot error (in my opinion).
To see some really impressive helicopter piloting, check out the Aussies in the Robinson's rounding up horses. Unbelievable expertise.
07 April 2012, 02:28 PM
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