[simpits-tech] OT: EX Copter Crash

[Mark Collins]

You have a lot more options on where you can land a helicopter then you do
for landing a plane.  You can pretty much set down a helicopter any place
where the diameter of the Rotor blades will fit.  A plane on the other hand
needs some type of open area long enough to accommodate the approach as well
as the ground run off.  While you are correct that the helicopter doesn't
have the same glide ratio as an air plane, the trade off is that it has a
lot more options on where it can land!

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: simpits-tech-admin@simpits.org
> [mailto:simpits-tech-admin@simpits.org]On Behalf Of Ben Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 4:44 AM
> To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] OT: EX Copter Crash
>
>
> There are a couple major factors that led up to this crash.
>
> 1. regardless of the pilots hours and experience , he obviously didn't do
> his pre landing checks ...... the gear was left up!!
> 2. and the rate of decent that the landing was conducted at even if the
> landing gear was extended in time ,,the same crash result would
> of happened
> , at the point of touchdown the undercarrage would have been destroyed.
>
> the website can sugarcoat the fact that the pilot screwed up
> several factors
> in this landing , but my recomendations would be to sack the "so called
> expert test pilot" and employ some one who actually new how to fly and who
> knew how to follow very simple pre landing checks. !!
>
> bravo boof head ..... hehe
>
>
> rember helecopters are anti gravity machines at some point mother nature
> wins and the beast will surcomme to gravity and come down in a
> heap..... at
> least with fixed wing aircraft the pilot can 90 percent of the time select
> the piont of impact ..
>
> ben
> bjones@pipecomp.com.au
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim K." <JimK@sisna.com>
>
>
> > I thought you guys would be interested in this:
> >
> > http://www.cartercopters.com/pr_04_14_2003.htm
>
>
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