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Helicopter Crash into Pearl Harbor.
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PilotSpin:
What would cause this?
Jaybird180:
Do we have ANY helo pilots here?
JeffDG:
A helo is several thousand parts moving in loose formation at the best of times.
I'm not a helo pilot, but I've read a bunch of the aerodynamic stuff...my guess would be some kind of engine failure where they were too low/slow to autorotate. As I understand it, in order to autorotate you need to have either speed or altitude to trade for temporary lift to cushion your descent.
I'd equate it to flying a twin at below Vmc
Again, not a helo pilot.
Jaybird180:
There's some speculation over at PoA if anyone cares to read it
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90463&highlight=swp
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