DCS World Mi-8 Crash Landing

[redfish]

Hey Guys,

 

Cruising along at 3500 feet and start a descent which ends up badly. Lost a rotor blade, no problems as I have got four others :) The blade loss starts an awful harmonic wobbling motion, and I end up in a race to the ground with gravity for a first place finish.

 

Redfish

 

[451 Беркут]

It's interesting video, but, as I know, it's unreal, cause pilots will die from vibration, when one of vanes is lost

Edited September 17, 2013 by =451= Беркут

[elcoo]

It's interesting video, but, as I know, it's unreal, cause pilots will die from vibration, when one of vanes is lost

 

I guess before anyone dies from vibration the helicopter will simply desintegrate. The forces acting when a blade is lost are immense; I don't think any helicopter will sustain them for more than a few seconds.

[redfish]

Gotta agree, losing a blade would be catastrophic.

[AtaliaA1]

That did happen to a LRRP team in Vietnam. They hit a tree as they were pulling out of the jungle lost like three feet of the blade, I think it was.

 

Pilot went into "Auto Rotation" and they were able to survive although a bit roughed up.

 

Author :Larry Chambers

Title :Recondo" LRRPs in the 101st. Airborne

 

Hell of a book, He was a LRRP with Gary Linderer Both are great writters and part of a few documentaries on the war.