German Helo Stunts

That's a pretty dangerous maneuver - especially with that type of helicopter.
 
scottyboy75 said:
I was not sure was that a fully articulated or rigid rotor system? I always get confused as to what can do that.
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First of all - where have you been?? You haven't posted in a LONG time!

And it looked like a Bell 206 with a rigid rotor system, prone to mast bumping and spike knock - and also prohibited from negative G maneuvers... that hard hit on the ground looks like it could damage the skids, the tranny, and the rotor system.
 
Actually I have been (are you ready? Sitting in a well braced chair?) studying. I have knocked out all but 1 written scored pretty well too. I am back flying hardcore. My sister in laws death rocked our family pretty hard and it took a long time for my kids to understand why someone would do that. But we have hit a good spot now and are making foward progress again.
 
In between you answering and me posting I relooked and saw that it was a rigid system same as a Robbie and forget the fact that it has no where near enough power to do that. There is no way I would do that with an underslung rotor.
 
Looked to me like your everyday "Return to target". We used to do them in Hueys and cobras all the time back in the 80s. Also looked like he did not mean to hit the ground. I bet that was a screw up.

CF
 
ColeyF said:
Looked to me like your everyday "Return to target". We used to do them in Hueys and cobras all the time back in the 80s. Also looked like he did not mean to hit the ground. I bet that was a screw up.

CF
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Yeah - I was thinking it was meant to be a return to target as well - only a lot lower than I've ever seen them done. As long as he kept the rotor system loaded during the turn and dive it's fine - but I think you're right - that hit was probably (hopefully) unintentional.
 
If you look close on the video, he looks like he came real close to hitting the tail boom with the aft portion of his rotor disk as it flexed when he hit the ground. I hope they did some inspections after that. :confused:

ColeyF
 
They didn't until BHTI got hold of the video and sent them notice basically saying rip it apart inspect and replace all fatigue crit components. We watched a training video on it here and that's what was said in class anyways. I work at Bell.
 
No, but I did see them fly it a few weeks ago. I'm working on the H-1 upgrade program here in Ft. Worth while trying to finish up my certs and make the leap to professional aviation. My first desk job out of the Air Force and hopefully my last.
 
There looked to be a huge amount of compression on the skid plate assembly during that touch. I'm assuming that Bell's don't have any sort of shock damping system (like struts) built into the uprights of the skid? Either way, that look very close to something pretty ugly.
 
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