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Long Island Crash - Kite String?
Witnesses reported seeing kite string wrapped around the heli.
http://news12.com/LI/topstories/article?id=118790 Could that even cause a heli to crash? I'd think that a kite string would be easily broken... and even if it did wrap around a control area, I'd think that the helicopter would have sufficient power to overpower the string. -- Michael Badnarik, Libertarian for President http://badnarik.org/?sid=32232 |
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"Neb Okla" wrote in message ... Witnesses reported seeing kite string wrapped around the heli. http://news12.com/LI/topstories/article?id=118790 Could that even cause a heli to crash? I'd think that a kite string would be easily broken... and even if it did wrap around a control area, I'd think that the helicopter would have sufficient power to overpower the string. There was a photo in Rotorbreeze years ago of a Bell 47 that got a kite string wound round the mast. The pilot said he only just managed to get the machine back down on the ground as the controls almost completely locked up. Slatts |
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Sla#s wrote:
There was a photo in Rotorbreeze years ago of a Bell 47 that got a kite string wound round the mast. The pilot said he only just managed to get the machine back down on the ground as the controls almost completely locked up. How long is a piece of string. I've been told to go fly a kite a few times but it's been a long long time since I actually flew one. BUT..... If you had a kite a few hundred feet in the air even with a thin and light line it would have to have some tensile strength. If it got caught up in a tail rotor how long would it take to wrap up a couple of hundred feet of kite line. Imagine the person on the ground having it pulled out of their hand and then a few seconds later watching a helicopter coming down fast. Imagine the two people in the helicopter spending the last few seconds of their lives trying desperately to figure out what the hell's going on. |
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Shiver Me Timbers wrote:
Sla#s wrote: There was a photo in Rotorbreeze years ago of a Bell 47 that got a kite string wound round the mast. The pilot said he only just managed to get the machine back down on the ground as the controls almost completely locked up. How long is a piece of string. I've been told to go fly a kite a few times but it's been a long long time since I actually flew one. BUT..... If you had a kite a few hundred feet in the air even with a thin and light line it would have to have some tensile strength. That and it quickly gets wrapped around several times, effectively multiplying it's strength. I wonder if they gave he kite back to the owner (I don't think I would)? |
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"Neb Okla" wrote in message ...
Witnesses reported seeing kite string wrapped around the heli. http://news12.com/LI/topstories/article?id=118790 Could that even cause a heli to crash? I'd think that a kite string would be easily broken... and even if it did wrap around a control area, I'd think that the helicopter would have sufficient power to overpower the string. With the revolving parts in the mast and tail rotor, the string gets wrapped very rapidly around the control links and its tensile strength has little to do with it. Much like wrapping sewing thread around your fingers to the point you can't move them. It has happened more than once and caused crashes of helicopters. Ol Shy & Bashful |
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