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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:29:16 AM EST
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9891061/Shocking-moment-man-24-killed-flying-rotor-blade-test-flight-homemade-helicopter.html
Sheikh Ismail Sheikh Ibrahim, 24, was killed while test flying homemade chopper Footage shows the tail blades breaking off, causing a rotor blade to hit his head Sheikh was taken to hospital, he succumbed to his injuries while being treated He had hoped to fly the helicopter on India's Independence Day on August 15 
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:32:33 AM EST
[#1]
He should have been more curryful.
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:33:28 AM EST
[#2]
Quote HistoryQuoted: He should have been more curryfull. Shut it down. Threads over. 
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:33:41 AM EST
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:33:48 AM EST
[#4]
Well, I guess that's better than crashing
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:33:57 AM EST
[#5]
"How to sheikh your head off with this one easy trick"
Seriously, poor dude. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:34:32 AM EST
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: He should have been more curryful. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:34:59 AM EST
[#7]
Quoted: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9891061/Shocking-moment-man-24-killed-flying-rotor-blade-test-flight-homemade-helicopter.html Sheikh Ismail Sheikh Ibrahim, 24, was killed while test flying homemade chopper Footage shows the tail blades breaking off, causing a rotor blade to hit his head Sheikh was taken to hospital, he succumbed to his injuries while being treated He had hoped to fly the helicopter on India's Independence Day on August 15 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69887/download__3_-2050987.jpg Took "get to the chopper" a little too literally. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:35:21 AM EST
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I'm surprised he made it to the hospital at it. Seems naan-survivable.
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:35:47 AM EST
[#9]
So there wasn't a bunch of people hanging off it when it broke?
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:35:55 AM EST
[#10]
So, I'm not an aeronautical engineer, or a test pilot, or anything like that, but...
Seems like a normal part of any kind of test procedure involving rotor blades would imply people not standing in the potential line of travel for moving parts failures? Or maybe he just wanted to come back as a cow? Whatever. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:36:28 AM EST
[#11]
Homemade helicopter?? What was going through his head?
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:37:07 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Homemade helicopter?? What was going through his head? The rotor. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:38:38 AM EST
[#13]
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:39:12 AM EST
[#14]
The man could be considered washed up in the prime of his life. If he bladed at 45 he may not have been part of the news cyclical.
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:40:07 AM EST
[#15]
He should have called customer service
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:40:47 AM EST
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:42:22 AM EST
[#17]
Meh, gotta give the dude credit, at least he was trying.
Probably some Indian made MIM parts that got him. 
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:42:27 AM EST
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:42:40 AM EST
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Took "get to the chopper" a little too literally. In Soviet India, chopper get to YOU! |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:43:37 AM EST
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yup, he dead. Very fuckin dead. Quote HistoryNever saw it coming. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:44:54 AM EST
[#21]
Quote HistoryAhh well, there's his problem. No shoes on |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:45:18 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The rotor. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Homemade helicopter?? What was going through his head? The rotor.  ETA: to the guys credit, it looked like he at least generally understood the importance of power to weight ratios that so many eastern home builds seem to lack, and even had what appears to my untrained eye to be an attempt at a collective. Shouldn't have cheaped out on components, though. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:45:25 AM EST
[#23]
Quote HistorySo he probably would've been perfectly ok had he been restrained and had a helmet on |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:45:35 AM EST
[#24]
He really should have connected the dots on that build
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:46:06 AM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Shut it down. Threads over. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: He should have been more curryfull. Shut it down. Threads over. spicy! |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:46:06 AM EST
[#26]
I'm sure a rotor blade going through his head was the last thing on his mind.
I'll have a milk in rememberance. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:50:25 AM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So he probably would've been perfectly ok had he been restrained and had a helmet on Maybe. The rotor strike to the front of the cockpit would have been survivable, but you can sure see his body lurch forward into line of that impact after the tail rotor disappears. I hated our helmets, but there were a few crashes where that is what saved someone. He would likely be alive if he had been wearing one. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:52:42 AM EST
[#28]
Oh my Cow!
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:54:20 AM EST
[#29]
People don't think structural analysis and testing be like it is.
But it do. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:56:27 AM EST
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:56:51 AM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh my Cow! Given his name probably Allah |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:58:40 AM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Given his name probably be Allah Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Oh my Cow! Given his name probably be Allah Twilight Zone #2 and shit.  |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:58:56 AM EST
[#33]
 You Turn My Head Around |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 11:01:00 AM EST
[#34]
Did you notice the wobble and poor tracking on the rear blade. Accident waiting to happen
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Posted: 8/13/2021 11:01:03 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Holy shit. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 11:01:14 AM EST
[#36]
Quote History that sucks, and I hope he had no wife and kids.
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Posted: 8/13/2021 11:02:19 AM EST
[#37]
I came in thinking it was going to be some bamboo contraption. At least it was sort of a real helicopter.
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Posted: 8/13/2021 11:03:06 AM EST
[#38]
That thing looks like an economical Commie Ride
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Posted: 8/13/2021 11:05:18 AM EST
[#39]
He didn't do the needful.
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Posted: 8/13/2021 11:08:55 AM EST
[#40]
His warranty has expired.
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Posted: 8/13/2021 11:09:31 AM EST
[#41]
Indians will do just about anything without wearing PPE unless they are forced to. I don't understand it.
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Posted: 8/13/2021 11:10:48 AM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The rotor. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Homemade helicopter?? What was going through his head? The rotor. 
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Posted: 8/13/2021 12:00:59 PM EST
[#43]
Indian Rotary Club member.
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Posted: 8/13/2021 12:26:59 PM EST
[#44]
seems like the tail rotor separated first. hate when that happens.
I realize that weight is important but the 2 lb for seat belts would have made that survivable. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 12:33:00 PM EST
[#45]
So, the tail rotar separates from the helicopter, travels into the path of the main rotar blades, and gets redirected down at a 45° angle into the cabin killing the pilot.
So, the helicopter bladed at 45? and no MS Paint??? |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 12:34:07 PM EST
[#46]
Yeah, "India" and "homemade" are not exactly the two top traits I look for when considering my helicopter purchases...
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Posted: 8/13/2021 12:37:17 PM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryIt’s funny how when these things happen in countries like India, Pakistan, etc. the bystanders act like it’s no big deal. “Baboo is dead…oh well”. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 12:39:23 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It’s funny how when these things happen in countries like India, Pakistan, etc. the bystanders act like it’s no big deal. “Baboo is dead…oh well”. To be fair there isn’t much you can do for a guy that gets bonked on the head by a rotor blade |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 12:39:46 PM EST
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So, I'm not an aeronautical engineer, or a test pilot, or anything like that, but... Seems like a normal part of any kind of test procedure involving rotor blades would imply people not standing in the potential line of travel for moving parts failures? Or maybe he just wanted to come back as a cow? Whatever. Are we talking just during testing, or during regular use as well. Sikorsky is curious to know... |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 12:40:10 PM EST
[#50]
Hmmmm great idea, build your own homemade helicopter and fly it.
Rotary wing aircraft are about the most complicated contraptions you can fly... there are just too many things that can go wrong and get you killed, especially in small training or home built ones. Speaking as someone with dozens of hours in UH1's and CH-47's (as a crewman) and over a thousand hours in fixed wing aircraft as PIC. |
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