edspilot Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 http://www.keysnet.com/news/story/165344.html edspilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe1 Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 I thought the R22 was designed to travel no less than 2 NM without control input ending in a nice flair at ground level (assuming a correct kollsman window entry)?? What went wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edspilot Posted December 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Wannabe1: Maybe what went wrong was the added weight of the pilot "outside" on the skid made it out of CG? Just a thought! edspilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klas Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 (edited) He probably forgot to put the collective friction on. EDIT: He actually admitted to forgetting to put friction on:http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief.asp?ev_id=2...03056&key=1 Edited December 7, 2009 by klas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldy Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 He got out of the helicopter " to check the tail rotor"??? What? With the engine running. I don't know about you, but I have always found spinning tail rotors to be hazardous to check.. Lets see, closing the throttle to get the RPM down to 50% may have prevented this, turning the governor switch off may have prevented it, putting the collective friction on may have prevented this, but the sure fire way to keep this from happening.....is never ever leave your helicopter running without you buckled into it! Goldy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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