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Posted: 10/12/2012 8:56:10 AM EDT
I searched for "crash" no threads came up...
http://www.ksat.com/news/3-dead-in-Northern-Kendall-County-helicopter-crash/-/478452/16964026/-/o53alpz/-/index.html Looks like an R44 went down in my area and took its 3 occupants with it. Not too many more details yet. 
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Posted: 10/12/2012 9:00:13 AM EDT
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I don't know about down there, but up here in DFW we've had a lot of low clouds and fog the last few mornings. I wonder if weather was a factor.
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Posted: 10/12/2012 9:10:58 AM EDT
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 Bad way to die.Check out the news channel's generic helicopter graphic. Blackhawk is <>= to R44   |
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Posted: 10/12/2012 9:24:44 AM EDT
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Oh shit. I have an old friend in San Antonio who has an R44. Off to find out more info . . .
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Posted: 10/12/2012 9:34:28 AM EDT
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Good old R44. All the leg room, half the power.
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Posted: 10/12/2012 9:34:30 AM EDT
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Not good. Yes, it was super foggy in dfw yesterday.
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Posted: 10/12/2012 10:00:35 AM EDT
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Bad way to die.Check out the news channel's generic helicopter graphic. Blackhawk is <>= to R44 Yeah I was going to say something about that too. Generic helo is generic. 
R44's rotor discs are pretty light (therefore don't conserve large amounts of energy), and I imagine autorotation in one of them fully loaded is pretty fucking horrifying. I'm sure a helo pilot could chime in on the difficulty of managing energy in such a small helo on an emergency descent. |
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