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Old December 6th 05, 12:05 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Can anyone tell me anything about this crash?:


From what's visible in the video, the tail rotor is slowing down, getting very
slow by the time the chopper goes over. My bet is that the pilot hit the ground
with the tail rotor when he touched down. After that, it's equal & opposite
reaction time.

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