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Originally Posted by Seahawk
A month! Sweet Baby James.
Mountain flying, and I went to the school in Fallon decades ago, is arguably harder that landing on small ships in big seas. I could go into all the reasons, but the video is extraordinary.
In my mind, and I have done accident investigation where video complicates the investigation, the pilot lost tail rotor authority, meaning the tail rotor was not able to overcome main rotor torque. Then the Fairy Dust got sprinkled and they somehow survive to fly again.
I am guessing, which I hate to do, had everything to do with wind direction and velocity. This was not a mechanical failure or straight and level flight, the miracle in the video, could not be achieved.
Can you send me a link? I am cleaning myself up  |
My guess
Thin air
In air both rotor and tail are equally chopping thin air
All torque counterbalanced
The mains goes over rock
Ground effect on rotor gives it extra torque on the mains.
While tail still spins in thin air thus lack of counter torque?