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Too low?

Posted: Thu Aug 3 2017, 12:31
by FerrariFlyer
I don't think it gets much closer than this...

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/08/0 ... g-air-show

Re: Too low?

Posted: Thu Aug 3 2017, 13:09
by HELO1
She's Russian, built to last through anything haha

Re: Too low?

Posted: Thu Aug 3 2017, 13:13
by Helical
"Is Russian"

Photo from a facebook post.

Re: Too low?

Posted: Fri Aug 4 2017, 07:45
by rotors99
expensive trench digger :shock:

Re: Too low?

Posted: Fri Aug 4 2017, 09:44
by Probbo
Holy Sh!t, the stingers not much use at that attitude and speed.
It would be interesting to see the damage to T/R assy. A brush touch up and a quick check balance :D

Re: Too low?

Posted: Fri Aug 4 2017, 10:30
by Twistgrip
Nothing a quick Vodka wouldn't fix :twisted:

Re: Too low?

Posted: Sat Aug 5 2017, 04:36
by Eric Hunt
Amazingly strong. Compare that to the AS350 when the wire flicked into the main rotor (tail boom shook itself off).

Back in August 81, a RAAF B model Huey had a tail rotor problem which led to the gearbox tearing itself out, a mast bump and rotor separation, and a drop from 1500'. Not quite the same as ploughing a paddock, but the forces must have been similar. And it stayed on, and it kept flying. Those Russkies!

Re: Too low?

Posted: Sat Aug 5 2017, 05:20
by tinman
I don't want to split hairs, but this appears to be a Mil Mi-2, which was actually produced in Poland. And, Poland wasn't part of the Soviet Union, so it's not technically speaking a 'Russian' helicopter.

It's one sturdy peace of machinery though :D