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2017-09-05 Africa Subsaharan

German chopper lost rotor blades before Mali crash

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Posted by Skidmark 2017-09-05 07:56|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Jesus nut not torqued properly? Not even installed? Full tanks, full load, first reduction in collective input and goodbye blades, hub, just about anything else attached.

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2017-09-05 12:10|| 2017-09-05 12:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Add mast bump to the above list of possibles...

Posted by USN, Ret. 2017-09-05 14:38|| 2017-09-05 14:38|| Front Page Top

#3 A UH1B (Huey) in VN flew back with a "vibration" problem after a emergency extract where the pilot played weedeater. One blade was 18" short. The other was 3 ft shorter than that.
Vibration.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-09-05 18:15|| 2017-09-05 18:15|| Front Page Top

#4 I forget where I saw it, but somebody snarked that a helicopter consists of thousands of rotating parts, all of which are trying to kill you.

Posted by SteveS 2017-09-05 21:50|| 2017-09-05 21:50|| Front Page Top

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