Guest pokey Posted December 26, 2015 Posted December 26, 2015 What happened?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-sr-e6NtfE Quote
Eric Hunt Posted December 26, 2015 Posted December 26, 2015 Passenger managed to jerk the collective up? Quote
Wally Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Of course nothing similar has ever happened to me, but-Slide in a brisk wind (about 25-30 knots), crabbing, turn the tail into the wind to clear passenger approach (which requires a honking amount of aft cyclic and pedal- don't remember which pedal),skids down, decrease aft as collective down to level disk... add any power, like collective not down and latched, and I am told it might come up on the toes just like that one did. Quote
Goldy Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 anyone know what the pilot experience level was in the Astar? Could he have panicked just as he set down and decided to abort? I also like the passenger collective theory, I've had passengers do some strange stuff on tours. 2 Quote
WolftalonID Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 I always brief the passengers to NOT touch the handles I am holding onto. Most of the time it works. This was an interesting video. I am interested in soon finding out what happened. Quote
Eric Hunt Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 look at it on Facebook, a different angle and the rocky recovery, flew away to change his underwear I reckon Quote
ridethisbike Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) look at it on Facebook, a different angle and the rocky recovery, flew away to change his underwear I reckon You talking about this one??? The video in the OP ended in a destroyed helicopter. Edited December 29, 2015 by ridethisbike Quote
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