Philbennett
Junior Member
I see another AR down in Utah from the pic it looks like a new 915 unit? What the hell is going on? We profess and teach the safety of these things ...
Funny old world but never-the-less... I got this on my YouTube channel:-
This is bad advice. I could not convince my dad to properly raise the nose and balance on the mains. Doing it correctly requires skill and feel. He preferred to keep the nose wheel on the ground until around 60mph, and then lift like an airplane. His technique killed him yesterday. Rotorflap on takeoff probably caused a rudder strike and rudder damage, and then what appears to be the loss of the rudder between 50-100 feet of altitude, resulting in complete loss of control. I will post video of his crash later on rotary forum. Proper technique is to balance on the mains to keep the rotor accelerating and loaded, without letting the nose get too high. It requires skill and feel, and not everyone is capable of this.