Helicopter down

Jimbuna · 11-27-11, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

On the second video RickC Sniper posted above your post, look for the right-hand guy
wearing the red vest. Just over his right shoulder you see a guy doing a yanking
motion just before the helo goes out of control.

Ah, right....I was actually looking at the guy on the left

Pisces · 11-28-11, 01:57 PM

In the last videos the sky is too bright to see it clearly. But if I look to my screen from the side a bit I see a faint line comming from the top waving a bit as the helo gets near.

In the first (OP) video link there is a straight vertical line (cable I presume) next to the pilar slowly drifting to the right before the helo get's entangled.

RickC Sniper · 11-28-11, 02:32 PM

Pisces you are right.

Clear as can be in this clip.

There is a cable attached to the top of the tower and it loops down then back up to the belly of the helicopter. Probably a winch on the heli?

Anyway, that cable is too short to allow this heli to land without getting pulled into the blades.

As the heli descends the part of the cable going up to the tower gets pulled closer to the heli.

At 1.09 - 1.11 you can see the busted cable dangling down just left of the tower.

1.46 shows the ground guy grabbing that cable and pulling on it and that causes the crash. He did not flip it, just jumped up a bit to grab it and that was it, but I suspect with no one touching the cable it still would have happened. The cable was too fricken short.

Jimbuna · 11-28-11, 03:57 PM

Yes sir...that shows it to my poor vision

11-28-11, 01:57 PM	#2
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	In the last videos the sky is too bright to see it clearly. But if I look to my screen from the side a bit I see a faint line comming from the top waving a bit as the helo gets near. In the first (OP) video link there is a straight vertical line (cable I presume) next to the pilar slowly drifting to the right before the helo get's entangled. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

11-28-11, 02:32 PM	#3
RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Pisces you are right. Clear as can be in this clip. There is a cable attached to the top of the tower and it loops down then back up to the belly of the helicopter. Probably a winch on the heli? Anyway, that cable is too short to allow this heli to land without getting pulled into the blades. As the heli descends the part of the cable going up to the tower gets pulled closer to the heli. At 1.09 - 1.11 you can see the busted cable dangling down just left of the tower. 1.46 shows the ground guy grabbing that cable and pulling on it and that causes the crash. He did not flip it, just jumped up a bit to grab it and that was it, but I suspect with no one touching the cable it still would have happened. The cable was too fricken short. __________________ Support Subsim http://www.subsim.com/store.html

11-28-11, 03:57 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Yes sir...that shows it to my poor vision __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!