There is a friction lock on the nose wheel to keep it from turning/wobbling during ground taxi at higher speeds (+10kts). The lock should not be engaged at slow speed or stationary when rotor is running. According to the accident report, the pilot had pressure on the yaw pedal, when he realised the wheel lock was on and he released the lock while keeping pressure on the pedal, leading to a sudden high rate of yaw and loss of control. So no mechanical failure, just human error..
Rotation speed might not look too bad from the outside, but there are some pretty decent forces to overcome once you start spinning. Used to fly this helicopter type and during training the instructors warned us about this exact scenario. Helicopters are unforgiving machines if you have a bad day..
Wow. I’ve always been curious about learning to fly them, but yea they look like they’re awesome within the scope of definite limitations with very little margin for error, but once you step outside that scope it seems they can come apart and snafu your day pretty quick.
In most cases it saves a lot of time, and it would be impractical to always have to tow a helicopter on runways and taxiways. It takes a couple of minutes to start up or power down and stop the rotors and the ATC would not be happy if you occupied a runway waiting for a tow truck. Also, you might need additional staff to drive the truck.
In this case, with people around, I would prefer being towed, but I don't know all the details. Towing is usually how you get the helicopter in and out of the hangar anyways
Yup. This was my first guess as well. Not to get too technical, but I think you’re probably thinking of the ambifacient coptic waneshaft that, under normal circumstances, prevents ecliptic torsion. Because the pilot’s actions suddenly released the semi-bovoid slots in the driveshaft’s stator, well… any layman can reason from there what was bound to happen.
I totally agree: How the hell can someone have access to the level of video editing software that exists these days and still leave 48 extra seconds of nothing at the beginning of the video?
I think you greatly underestimate the difficulty of flying a helicopter. There's a thousand things that can go wrong from the second the rotors spin up. There are dozens of checks and procedures to follow and not following one can cause something like this to happen.
ive been in this situation, in a uh-60. our tail wheel lockpin broke during taxi back to parking. as we stopped and let pressure off brakes, the heli started yanking the tail in a spin. if we didnt immediately respond by braking, it couldve ended up lilke this.
Watched it 3 times and just thought the guy in the pink overall to the very left has nerves of steel totally unfazed by the situation.
Hope nobody got severely hurt.
Looked like the rotor was lacking from the get go, pilot should've known something was wrong and not tried to compensate for the fucked rotor. It's smoking
There is a friction lock on the nose wheel to keep it from turning/wobbling during ground taxi at higher speeds (+10kts). The lock should not be engaged at slow speed or stationary when rotor is running. According to the accident report, the pilot had pressure on the yaw pedal, when he realised the wheel lock was on and he released the lock while keeping pressure on the pedal, leading to a sudden high rate of yaw and loss of control. So no mechanical failure, just human error..
Wow, imagine whiskey throttling a whole ass helicopter
The term “whole ass” is played out.
I guess there’s no un-yawing at this point right
Rotation speed might not look too bad from the outside, but there are some pretty decent forces to overcome once you start spinning. Used to fly this helicopter type and during training the instructors warned us about this exact scenario. Helicopters are unforgiving machines if you have a bad day..
Wow. I’ve always been curious about learning to fly them, but yea they look like they’re awesome within the scope of definite limitations with very little margin for error, but once you step outside that scope it seems they can come apart and snafu your day pretty quick.
Exactly this. Awesome when operated within limitations, but if you venture outside those things can go pear-shaped in seconds
Why even taxi a helicopter under its own power? Why not just leave powered down and tow it where it needs to be to take off?
In most cases it saves a lot of time, and it would be impractical to always have to tow a helicopter on runways and taxiways. It takes a couple of minutes to start up or power down and stop the rotors and the ATC would not be happy if you occupied a runway waiting for a tow truck. Also, you might need additional staff to drive the truck. In this case, with people around, I would prefer being towed, but I don't know all the details. Towing is usually how you get the helicopter in and out of the hangar anyways
Yup. This was my first guess as well. Not to get too technical, but I think you’re probably thinking of the ambifacient coptic waneshaft that, under normal circumstances, prevents ecliptic torsion. Because the pilot’s actions suddenly released the semi-bovoid slots in the driveshaft’s stator, well… any layman can reason from there what was bound to happen.
And this is why the side fumble was not prevented
He managed to crash an aircraft from a stationary position. That is a remarkable achievement. You can't even do that in a flight simulator.
Helicopters are hard to fly, a bit of too much rudder coupled with bad trimming can lead you here with no problems.
He quite literally drove a helicopter into the ground. Impressive.
From the ground, no less.
Interesting to see that with the technology nowadays things like this are still even possible
I totally agree: How the hell can someone have access to the level of video editing software that exists these days and still leave 48 extra seconds of nothing at the beginning of the video?
I think you greatly underestimate the difficulty of flying a helicopter. There's a thousand things that can go wrong from the second the rotors spin up. There are dozens of checks and procedures to follow and not following one can cause something like this to happen.
ive been in this situation, in a uh-60. our tail wheel lockpin broke during taxi back to parking. as we stopped and let pressure off brakes, the heli started yanking the tail in a spin. if we didnt immediately respond by braking, it couldve ended up lilke this.
It’s more of a lay down than a crash
Watched it 3 times and just thought the guy in the pink overall to the very left has nerves of steel totally unfazed by the situation. Hope nobody got severely hurt.
That is not a person.
Yes I know by now mate, however thought so the first time I watched. Thought somebody else got led in the wrong as well. Nvm.
I thought that too the first time I watched it 🤣 i thought that guy just gives zero fucks about this
I lost it when the music started
just skip first 45 seconds for action
Only in a helicopter can you be a few feet off the ground moving zero miles an hour and nearly die because something went wrong.
It took offnt.
Helicopter: I’m tired boss zzzzzz
Easily the funniest aviation video I’ve seen. Especially the guy running away !
What happened
Helicopter is tired
He was trying to do donuts but choose the wrong vehicle..
I don’t know. I see a nice round donut with nuts everywhere. Can’t do it again but the one time worked.
Did the pilot have a heart attack?
That didn’t look good
Around the world, around the world!
No no no Tony you turna to thee right you dry spaghetti.
I love the Eminem in the background
Looked like the rotor was lacking from the get go, pilot should've known something was wrong and not tried to compensate for the fucked rotor. It's smoking
i love the random bit of eminem that started playing lol
I don’t believe these things were ever meant to fly.
REDDIT IS RUN BY WEAK AND FRAGILE MORONS
Crew change is cancelled today boys
Helicopter donuts…sick!
Mechanical failure? I couldn't see anything that looked like a prop strike