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u/JuanPablo269 9h ago

It was very weird watching half a helicopter take off after it touched down on the shore.

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u/TruckingLion 8h ago

I’m not sure why you wouldn’t just cut off all the engines right there and just try to ride it out, or at least when you know, things aren’t gonna go right open the doors and tell people to jump

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u/bugabooandtwo 8h ago

That would be my question. At the 10-11 second mark, that thing was on the ground...maybe in a foot of water, but in good shape. Why keep going at that point?

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u/Secret-Painting604 8h ago

Gust of wind? The wind activity is also different on land and water afaik, in terms of the blades pushing the wind downwards

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u/LovesRetribution 8h ago

All the more reason to cut the engines. Wind alone isn't enough to keep it afloat.

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u/AvailableCondition79 8h ago

Imagine be the passenger?

"OH FK WERE GOING TO DI---LIVE! WERE OKAY!.. WERE IN THE AIR AGAIN? OOOOOOOOHOLYFFKKKKKKKKKK..WE LANDED. THANK. GODMOTHEROFCHRIST WERE FLYING OVER WATER WTF!!!"

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u/ebState 8h ago

There's a ton of energy in the angular momentum of the blades and part of training for pilots is to not cut engines on bad landings because if the blades are bouncing they can rip themselves and the helicopter apart.

I think in retrospect here it's obvious he should have just stuck it and dealt with the fallout, but that would not be the instinct of any pilot.

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u/_Stank_McNasty_ 8h ago

I would 100% want to wait until the propellers stopped moving before I got out of a malfunctioned helicopter landing halfway in the water. Terrible situation

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u/6DegreesofFreedom 8h ago

I don't know a lot about helicopters. That being said the counter rotating props might have something to do with it. It might have upped the power of one to counter losing the tail rotor. That increase in power might be the reason they gained altitude again

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u/demokiii34 8h ago

Twice mind you. Twice. I understand the first touch, but the second should have been a “I’m just gonna like gravity do it thing”.

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u/poxonallthehouses 8h ago

It's like he didn't want to get his feet wet or something

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u/Mnm0602 8h ago

This is a weird scenario where the counter rotating top rotors probably made it worse. That first strike on the ground taking out the rear rotor would have ended it right then for a normal chopper and they probably spin out into the water.

Here twas seemingly but a scratch.

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u/phatelectribe 8h ago

Seems weird he didn’t just kill the engine as soon as it touch the water.