I just saw a different video where you could clearly see the tail rotor fly off right before the spin. Whole thing looks different with clear evidence.
Thanks - makes perfect sense to me. I figured the pilot knew something was wrong and was making for the beach and then pulled up. Hard to tell too much from that angle - unless you're a helo pilot and have an idea of what the pilot was seeing and know what to look for.
FWIW, my brother was a helo mechanic in the marines. Told me they had more than one hard landing when something failed. Asked him what they did, he non-nonchalantly said "we repaired what was broken, and then flew on to our destination".
If something was wrong, they should have just set it down while they had the chance.
10 seconds earlier would have been better just to cut the power.
Its tough to judge perfectly,he probably thought he could get it over the beach or water more.
Yeah, not trying to be too critical. It all happened pretty quick.
I just saw a different video where you could clearly see the tail rotor fly off right before the spin. Whole thing looks different with clear evidence.
That's not how it works. When the tail rotor fails the main drive rotors cause the fuselage to spin out of control.
Thanks - makes perfect sense to me. I figured the pilot knew something was wrong and was making for the beach and then pulled up. Hard to tell too much from that angle - unless you're a helo pilot and have an idea of what the pilot was seeing and know what to look for.
FWIW, my brother was a helo mechanic in the marines. Told me they had more than one hard landing when something failed. Asked him what they did, he non-nonchalantly said "we repaired what was broken, and then flew on to our destination".
I just saw a better video where the tail rotor clearly flys off right before they lose control.