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Dip the Tail Rotor in the water
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| Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:47 am |
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Just wow.
  _________________  A walk in the woods helps me relax and release tension. The fact that I am dragging a body should be entirely irrelevant! A simple thank you would have been enough for the morning coffee without all that "how did you get in here" nonsense. |
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| Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:55 am |
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Apparently the owner-pilot is a rich Brazilian businessman who hangs out with politicians and everybody expects his stunts will kill him some day. |
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| Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:45 am |
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That was obviously not on purpose. Water is a funny surface. You don't get the ground effect so it's very easy to mess up like that. As a matter of fact at that range you have more water molecules in the air due to vortexes and when you have less air you have less lift. Simple as that. He was lucky. Luck does however eventually runs out
  _________________ A walk in the woods helps me relax and release tension. The fact that I am dragging a body should be entirely irrelevant! A simple thank you would have been enough for the morning coffee without all that "how did you get in here" nonsense. |
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| Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:53 am |
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 Site Admin  Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:45 am Posts: 10142 Location: Poona, Qld, OZZY Has thanked: 21971 times Been thanked: 6255 times
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Not good for it.... to say the least
  I'm surprised the tail rotor drive survived that      _________________ I do all of my own stunts..... most of them are even planned! Ok, Ok.... some of them are planned.. If electricity comes from ELECTRONS, then surely morality comes from MORONS?? |
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| Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:52 am |
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Hard to believe that bird stayed in the air, he used up a huge bag of luck
_________________ I like to Fly!..... A lot!!!!! |
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| Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:01 am |
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Site Admin Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:45 am Posts: 10142 Location: Poona, Qld, OZZY Has thanked: 21971 times Been thanked: 6255 times
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The thing is, that sort of potential damage to the tail rotor can be done then and not show up until weeks or months later
I would be getting that chopper looked at real closely in case it fails at a later date.... naturally at the most inconvenient time   not that there is a convenient time for a tail rotor failure  _________________ I do all of my own stunts..... most of them are even planned! Ok, Ok.... some of them are planned.. If electricity comes from ELECTRONS, then surely morality comes from MORONS?? |
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| Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:10 am |
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That just cost him mega bucks 'sudden stopage' tail rotor blades, hub, gearbox, t/r drive shafts, main drive shaft node weight in mast, If he didn't report it or get it fixed the owner is on the hook if it has a future problem.
 He just screwed the pooch. |
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| Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:47 pm |
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That guy was born with a horse shoe up his butt....how many lives does he have?
_________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Fri Sep 11, 2015 8:20 pm |
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