25 CRASH MAUL HORROR Wealthy tourists and ex-athlete ‘eaten by BEARS after helicopter comes down and beasts drag them from crash site’ Olivia Burke posted 2 years ago by aslan_is_0n_the_m0ve 2 years ago by aslan_is_0n_the_m0ve +26 / -1 17 comments share 17 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Flying in a Robinson was their first mistake... those things are death traps.
Glad somebody else said this. Those things are the weak sister among helicopters. Good for cheap training and that’s it.
I used to spray with a Soloy converted Bell-47... tons of power in a tried and true airframe.
Our competitors got themselves a trial contract with R-22s and tried to poach pilots from us (this was around the time Robbies first came out).
I went over to their side of the field to take a look at their machines.
The label on the bottom of the main rotor blades warning people to NOT pull down on them was all I had to see.
The accident rate (lots of tails breaking off) later confirmed my good judgement.