A family outting in a helicopter...

SUBMAN1 · 03-11-07, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by fatty

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Originally Posted by ASWnut101

Fools. That's what happens when you leave the tail teathered to the ground and try to take off.

Atleast, that's what it looks like. The ropes come with little flags that say "remove before flight."

Looks to me like the rotor clipped something. I can't see any teather.

Amusing side note: I have a red t-shirt that says "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT."

EDIT: Yep, they show some damage to the hangar roof at 01:37. I suspect that's what the rotors clipped.

The damage to the hanger roof is caused by flying rotor blades 'after' they seperated from the helo (laws of physics). That guy filming is damn lucky he didn't get killed!

Anyway, what you have here is pretty much a clear case of structural failure at the point of the rotor boom. Scary since this could have happened at 2000 feet and no one would have survived, let alone possibly killing someone on the ground too.

-S