Scotland Helicopter Crash
Discussion
onyx39 said:
I'm wondering if he had a mechanical failure, tried to bring it inn for an emergency landing, mistook. Flat roof for a car park? If this is the case, he would have had to make a split second decision. If he wanted to ditch it, surely he would have put it in the river?
I wondered about that, or whether they tried to make it to the park which is literally only yards away. However, from eyewitness reports, it doesn't sound as if it was a particularly controlled descentHaven't been in the Clutha in years, think the last time was a stupidly drunken effort at their open mic night with borrowed bongos...
I have work in a few hours but still glued to the telly - as Charlie Brooker said of previous disasters, the news channels' "experts" with their "speculation" is no more than guessers guessing.
I have work in a few hours but still glued to the telly - as Charlie Brooker said of previous disasters, the news channels' "experts" with their "speculation" is no more than guessers guessing.
GC8 said:
What could prevent the pilot from auto gyrating? Could this be a product of the Eurocopters dual engines allowing far lower flight? Theoretically theyre safer but possibly they can fly too low to allow the pilot to auto gyrate in case of a failure.
My guess (and it is just a guess) is a gearbox failure. That's been an issue for the larger Super Puma which is currently made by Eurocopter too. If the gearbox fails the tail rotor may lose torque suddenly rather than at the same rate as the main rotor, or vice versa. That causes the helicopter to spin out of control, and unless you had a lot of altitude there's little chance of recovering such a spin. cold thursday said:
And they make a very good point - the rotor tip that's visible doesn't appear to be damaged. That suggests that it can't have been turning at any great speed surely?davepoth said:
My guess (and it is just a guess) is a gearbox failure. That's been an issue for the larger Super Puma which is currently made by Eurocopter too. If the gearbox fails the tail rotor may lose torque suddenly rather than at the same rate as the main rotor, or vice versa. That causes the helicopter to spin out of control, and unless you had a lot of altitude there's little chance of recovering such a spin.
That's quite technically, absolutely incorrect.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff