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Posted: 7/6/2016 10:09:13 PM EDT
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H-53's used to have an aversion of their own tail boom. I'm guessing the other two flying 525's willbe getting detailed inspections, very soon. |
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Posted: 7/6/2016 10:17:20 PM EDT
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God speed boys.
I never want to pilot a fly-by-wire aircraft. You are demoted from aircraft commander to committee member with a vote. The computer gets a vote too. |
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Posted: 7/6/2016 10:23:08 PM EDT
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Obviously designed for the oil sheik market http://static.robbreport.com/sites/default/files/images/articles/2015/03/%5Bcurrent-page%3Aurl%3Aargs%3Avalue%3A1%5D/p19h6vcpjt1d6o4ll1vvk1vja1mj34.jpg Holy smokes, that's plush. It has a curious looking rotor hub too. Does not look like the typical metal forging (lots of them are titanium). And not to make light of this, but there is an interesting photo or a very obscure a cool old time Bell design, in the background of the photo in the second post 
Its a bell YFM-1 Airacuda. It was a pre WWII design or a bomber destroyer. The wing pods carried gunners for 37mm automatic cannons. Wasn't fast enough. |
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Posted: 7/6/2016 10:24:09 PM EDT
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Concerning the wind. That aircraft has been in the wind since it came out of the assembly building. We are in the panhandle. Maybe somethingin the composits, looking at that tailboom.
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Posted: 7/6/2016 10:27:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Concerning the wind. That aircraft has been in the wind since it came out of the assembly building. We are in the panhandle. Maybe somethingin the composits, looking at that tailboom. Maybe high speed rotor separation. They did say they were testing a new rotor system. High winds were reported during the day. |
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Posted: 7/6/2016 10:33:08 PM EDT
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Maybe high speed rotor separation. They did say they were testing a new rotor system. High winds were reported during the day. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Concerning the wind. That aircraft has been in the wind since it came out of the assembly building. We are in the panhandle. Maybe somethingin the composits, looking at that tailboom. Maybe high speed rotor separation. They did say they were testing a new rotor system. High winds were reported during the day. I will hear someting about this, sooner orlater. |
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Posted: 7/6/2016 10:40:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: High speed impact, fly by wire aircraft in development. Data recorders will tell this story.  |
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Posted: 7/6/2016 10:45:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't undertsand, it sounds like it didn't just fly by the wires, it hit them. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: High speed impact, fly by wire aircraft in development. Data recorders will tell this story. News stories states it didn't hit the wires .... tail boom 1500' away ....
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Posted: 7/6/2016 10:51:57 PM EDT
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Maybe high speed rotor separation. They did say they were testing a new rotor system. High winds were reported during the day. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Concerning the wind. That aircraft has been in the wind since it came out of the assembly building. We are in the panhandle. Maybe somethingin the composits, looking at that tailboom. Maybe high speed rotor separation. They did say they were testing a new rotor system. High winds were reported during the day. Seeing the picof the rotor, that is also possible. |
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Posted: 7/7/2016 5:07:13 AM EDT
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Damn, it looks like they hit pretty hard. Prayers for them and their families.
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Posted: 7/7/2016 5:53:28 AM EDT
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Maybe high speed rotor separation. They did say they were testing a new rotor system. High winds were reported during the day. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Concerning the wind. That aircraft has been in the wind since it came out of the assembly building. We are in the panhandle. Maybe somethingin the composits, looking at that tailboom. Maybe high speed rotor separation. They did say they were testing a new rotor system. High winds were reported during the day. Or some kind of rotor flap / oscillation that broke or cut the tail off. |
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Posted: 7/7/2016 9:20:53 AM EDT
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Official now: the pilots were Eric Boyce and Jason Grogan, both Marine reservists, husbands and fathers.
I worked with them both on an AH-1Z project a few years ago, and talked to Jason just a few weeks ago. He was an FFL and an NFA collector. God damnit. |
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Posted: 7/7/2016 9:30:31 AM EDT
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H-53's used to have an aversion of their own tail boom. Looks like he chopped his own tail off. 
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Posted: 7/7/2016 9:32:21 AM EDT
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They hit a power line.
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Posted: 7/7/2016 9:46:18 AM EDT
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Is that a fresh Bell design, or is it based on the AW189?
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Posted: 7/7/2016 9:50:10 AM EDT
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Official now: the pilots were Eric Boyce and Jason Grogan, both Marine reservists, husbands and fathers. I worked with them both on an AH-1Z project a few years ago, and talked to Jason just a few weeks ago. He was an FFL and an NFA collector. God damnit. I worked with Jason on several helicopter projects (H1, ARH, etc) and a couple of RPD builds too. A terrible loss.
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Posted: 7/7/2016 9:55:26 AM EDT
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Bad day for us here at Bell. God Speed and prayers for the families.
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Posted: 7/7/2016 10:00:22 AM EDT
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The display bird shows a line cutter installed while the test article didn't appear to have one installed. Line cutter = Wire Strike Protection System Helo line cutter http://files.bos-fahrzeuge.info/vehicles/photos/d/9/3/0/227371-large.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm6MwIdY4TA |
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Posted: 7/7/2016 10:04:35 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/7/2016 10:35:08 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/9/2016 1:54:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bad day for us here at Bell. God Speed and prayers for the families. Whats the rumor going around? |
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