The blades of many modern helicopters are very lightweight. If the blade angle is set wrong, air resistance alone will stop a rotor very quickly.
Tim
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OT: Clutha helicopter fuel indicator could from green to red without warning
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It did happen. See my other message about lightweight blades.
Tim
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But not over Glasgow
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p11 ? For a 5 page document?
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look again. its a pdf dump of a booklet with a lot of pages 'missing'
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You appear to be reading things in that report that were not written.
Lack of major damage does not automatically suggest:
a) no great (engine) speed at time of impact b) ruling out a bird strike c) no material ingress
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Which, under loss of power without the collective being adjusted, they will be.
That's my thoughts as well.
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On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 10:35:17 AM UTC, Brian Gaff wrote: You cannot just stop
Transmission failure. Helicopters don't fly at great heights (not compared to aircraft), which means that you don't have a lot of time. Wasting time o n the mic calling for a mayday, when you're about to plummet onto a pub roo f in a few seconds wouldn't be your first choice.
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Did i hear right that no mayday call was put out? what was the chopper doing in the area? chasing twockers, searching for scroats hiding in bushes, or just cruising about for fun?
i.e. was there not a running commentary with ground units as you hear on those police stop proggies when the helicopter is directing traffic cops etc?
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On 18/12/2013 17:42, Gazz wrote: ...
Correct.
Returning to base after two operations.
No reason for one on an RTB.
Colin Bignell
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I don't recall seeing bats in central Glasgow, although it has changed a lot since I lived there.
It appears that you can and I suspect that the why of that will form an important part of the AAIB investigation.
Colin Bignell
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Silverline. Attended a presentation by Ester Rantzen Manchester recently
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GB put finger to keyboard:
My wife volunteered for the Samaritans but they kicked her out after the first three callers still topped themselves afterwards. They wouldn't have minded so much but one was a wrong number.
I'll get me coat.
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A quarter the fuel that a full Spitfire would have had before going into battle in France in 1940.
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Was it upside down when things started to go wrong? Bloody Germans! And they bombed our chipshop!!
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As the crash took place at around 10:15pm, would there be any birds flying around? At the moment, in these parts, they all disappear at
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It is not impossible, if something disturbed them in their roost, but, as I said, unlikely. I only mentioned bird strike in passing early on, as it is the most common cause of compressor stall.
Colin Bignell
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I like the Yank asking if the Spitfire data was in US gallons.
Colin Bignell
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The LBJ's would probably be roosting but in my experience of city centers seagulls never sleep.
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Well they did use a Merlin engine in the Mustang