Mi-8 Crash in Darfor

[Slazi]

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What happens here then? Mechanical failure?

[Rogue Trooper]

Tail rotor perhaps... Not bad landing though, dropped the collective fast.

[Slazi]

Luckily all the crew survived. If that was me in game, I would bank out of the turn in order to lose height. Is that the correct move?

[Rogue Trooper]

I reckon that's a nasty one in any ones book and the pilot did it just right.

Not sure if I could have put her down so solid and sweet in such a short time (in sim let alone real life).

Edited March 19, 2016 by Rogue Trooper

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Luckily all the crew survived. If that was me in game, I would bank out of the turn in order to lose height. Is that the correct move?

 

Generally, you'll be in one of two situations:

 

1) If you lose the tail in forward flight you enter autorotation and roll off the throttle for a power off landing.

2) If it happens in the hover, roll off the throttle and raise the collective before impact.

 

The trick is to fly so you've got speed and height for option 1 or be close to the ground for option 2, and minimise the time spent between these two conditions. This is why helicopters, even though they theoritcally can fly just about any profile, have suggested profiles for departure/takeoff and arrival/landing.

 

Sometimes there will be operational reasons for flying outside of these profiles, which would appear to be the case in the video. Hovering at the hight they are isn't advisable if you can avoid it as it really limits your options.

[Buzzles]

Tail rotor perhaps... Not bad landing though, dropped the collective fast.

 

Looks like it, you can see @:25 on it's final turn before it hits the deck that the tail rotor has stopped while the main keeps spinning.

[EagleFox]

Looks like it, you can see @:25 on it's final turn before it hits the deck that the tail rotor has stopped while the main keeps spinning.

 

It didn't stop its just that, that the belsimtek didn't animate tail rotor all the way :(