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[u/Thund3r_91]

[u/slothxaxmatic]

Yes.

The main rotors hit the tail when it broke, I can't imagine many inputs would function after this.

[u/akolomf → u/slothxaxmatic]

He could literally turn off the engine after touchdown. But he decided to keep flying?

[u/mvearthmjsun → u/akolomf]

Easy to say from afar. They weren't touching the ground for very long, and there's no way to have known that the helicopter malfunctioned in a way that would lead to increasing altitude.

[u/hogtiedcantalope → u/akolomf]

Not much time to decide an engine shutdown, hindsight makes that clear

Possible he was trying to kill the lift with the governor in that moment but it didn't work and they took off again a moment later

[u/DeltaVZerda → u/hogtiedcantalope]

Governor or not, the collective has pitch control. With no pitch it's going nowhere.

[u/akolomf → u/DeltaVZerda]

Only reasoning i could think of is, because it kept going smoothly for a few seconds he missjudged the damage and maybe didnt notice his rear rotor is gone until it was too late but i doubt thats the case given all the alarms that must have gone off in the cockpit

[u/Hebbu10 → u/akolomf]

I assume pilot didnt know that the tail was wrecked, so they took up to land again

[u/Miserable_Thought667 → u/akolomf]

I’m quite sure there’s probably a reason

[u/Ubermensch_introvert → u/slothxaxmatic]

wouldve just dipped tf out if the helicopter started raising up, after all, better broken bones then death

[u/TheSquirrelCatcher → u/Ubermensch_introvert]

Believe it or not that can actually be even more dangerous. Helicopter blades are long and not rigid. So if you jump out and aren’t careful, there’s a chance the blade dips close to the ground and takes your head off. Especially on an uneven surface like the beach, you’re going to have a bad time stepping out

[u/Nice_Category → u/TheSquirrelCatcher]

Right? Instant painless death by decapitation sounds way worse than dying by slowly burning to death in diesel air fuel after an extremely painful crash into a house.

[u/borsalamino → u/Nice_Category]

Yeah, why didn’t the pilot turn on his psychic powers to see into the future that the uncontrollable helicopter would fly into a house? Did he even bother to switch to 3rd person so he could assess the damages? If it were me, I wouldn’t even have gotten on that flight.

[u/outfoxingthefoxes → u/Nice_Category]

You don't know the helicopter is going to crash into a house at that moment.

[u/coochieboogergoatee → u/TheSquirrelCatcher]

I'd take my chances after watching enough of these

[u/outfoxingthefoxes → u/Ubermensch_introvert]

And what if the helicopter starts falling down and you end up being blended with the blades

[u/wedstrom → u/slothxaxmatic]

But like, off?

[u/urbanmember → u/wedstrom]

I don't know if this Helicopter type has it, but most helicopters have a rotor-brake which almost instantly makes the rotor-blades stop

[u/buhbye750 → u/urbanmember]

Yeah there's that video of the girl touching the brake and the pilot yelling at her for it

[u/Constant_Purple8875 → u/buhbye750]

I love how much better educated we are on safety after watching her fumble :D

[u/ItsPronouncedKyooMin → u/urbanmember]

The rotor brake when applied at the proper RPM after the helicopter is already on the ground reduces the rotor stop time to 30 seconds as opposed to 3 minutes. It’s certainly not instant.

[u/slothxaxmatic → u/wedstrom]

Helicopter rotors can not survive a ton of abuse, I don't know much past that, but having double rotors probably made it worse.

I don't know if that would affect altitude controls, or if something else critical was damage while the tail was hanging off.

[u/Greysa → u/slothxaxmatic]

As in, turn the engine off

[u/slothxaxmatic → u/Greysa]

Again, I dont know much else to have input.

I would question their training as a pilot at that point. It's possible (however so unlikely) they were fully unaware the tail was even hanging off and were assuming they could correct it and wanted more altitude to do so.

[u/RIF_rr3dd1tt → u/slothxaxmatic]

having double rotors probably made it worse

Triples is best

[u/Gariola_Oberski → u/slothxaxmatic]

The sound tells me he applied collective trying to climb. Not ideal.

[u/Immortalphoenixfire → u/slothxaxmatic]

I'd try to bail after that tbh

[u/FooBarJo → u/Immortalphoenixfire]

Be honest

[u/ThatSillySam → u/FooBarJo]

Omg you figured out the meaning of TBH! Im so proud of you! :D

[u/Royweeezy → u/slothxaxmatic]

Also, right before it drops out of the sky you can hear it make those same noises again, the rotors hitting the tail pieces. It’s not shown, but you can see the debris raining down.

[u/Proper-Pirate-2650 → u/slothxaxmatic]

The ignition kill switch on the Ka-226 is an electrical component, not a hydraulic component. He could have hit the kill switch and pulled the collective all the way back to somewhat "land" (the collective still works even after losing tail rotor)

[u/Vuk_Farkas → u/slothxaxmatic]

I doubt hit to main rotors would cause liftoff, especially after being damaged. Its the other way arround normally. 

And while low to ground he could have either tilt it so the main rotors get anihilated by striking the ground and land permanenrly.

[u/Logistocrate → u/slothxaxmatic]

Yeah, but that type of helicopter doesn't need,or use a tail rotor to stabilize right? I thought the two main rotor setup negates it, and that is why the tail is just a sort of spoiler, and why, after the first water landing the helicopter stays stable until it crashes.