How Not to Refuel a Chopper

[Eric Mc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSrNy2jAIZs

[Rick101]

8:30 for anyone interested.

[red_slr]

Dude in the fire truck was helpful I see, lets it get going really well and then buggers off. To be fair he was on his jack jones and there was probably no water in the thing!

[Eric Mc]

I think he came to the conclusion pretty quickly that he wasn't going to have much effect on the conflagration - and got the hell out of there.

I'd have done the same.

[Chuck328]

Hmm pop seemed to happen just after the fuel line was hooked up. Someone forget to 'ground' the kite first?

[Mojocvh]

Insurance job??

[Eric Mc]

Looked pretty silly.

[Lugy]

Eric Mc said:

Looked pretty silly.

Even more so at the speed the video seems to playback, was I the only one with the Benny Hill theme going in my head?

[scubadude]

Opps.

Was surprised no one turned up and starting hosing foam at it from a distance! Is the Russian approach to let it burn and sweep up the bits later?

[Vixpy1]

at the bloke who ejected from the chopper when the fire first starts

[Steve_D]

About 18 mins and no fire truck....nice. Remind me not to use that airfield.

Steve

[eharding]

scubadude said:

Opps.

Was surprised no one turned up and starting hosing foam at it from a distance! Is the Russian approach to let it burn and sweep up the bits later?

...and then sell it to a gullible westerner, truthfully describing it as having "no record of any crash damage".

[MacW]

Lugy said:

Even more so at the speed the video seems to playback, was I the only one with the Benny Hill theme going in my head?

Was just about to post the same thing

[petop]

Chuck328 said:

Hmm pop seemed to happen just after the fuel line was hooked up. Someone forget to 'ground' the kite first?

From the speed it happened after connecting up i think they had the pump running on the truck. He connects the nozzle (assuming its a dry-break type) opens the valves and the build-up of pressure forces a high rate into the internal tanks which cannot take the pressure. Something gives resulting in a flash fire. If the fuel is Russian TS1 which is quite flammable and looking at the date, ambient temps for flash ignition were probably met. You notice they were throwing what looks like buckets of fuel onto the grass. They probably has the pump running on recirculation to take samples from the filters, hence leaving the pump on......whoops is all i can say!