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UrbanRacer
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PostPosted: 00:17 - 11 Feb 2013    Post subject: AH1 Cobra Heli Crash on Top Gear South Korea Reply with quote
$18million Attack Chopper destroyed on Top Gear in South Korea.
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PostPosted: 02:47 - 11 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pilot didn't look very korean.
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PostPosted: 10:08 - 11 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Got the blades totally vertical, lost all their lift and didn't have enough height to recover.
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PostPosted: 18:08 - 11 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
According to the Jalopnik report on the crash, it was caused by a faulty servo which jammed and forced the 'copter to pitch until it crashed.
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PostPosted: 18:15 - 11 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vracktal wrote:
According to the Jalopnik report on the crash, it was caused by a faulty servo which jammed and forced the 'copter to pitch until it crashed.


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I love all these comments about Pilot Error... just goes to show a bunch of idiots making assumptions without the first one asking what really happened or anyone posting the truth.

So here it is... The Pilot who is a dear friend of mine and has a Masters in Aeronautics is no dummy who makes mistakes. He flies for the new TV show "The Following" starring Kevin Bacon. The accident was caused by a faulty flight control part known as a servo. This part controls the pitch mechanism of the rotor's control which is why the helicopter made the turn it did.


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PostPosted: 20:37 - 11 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
So a faulty servo "got the blades vertical".
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PostPosted: 11:25 - 12 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is there anywhere they haven't sold Top Gear to?
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PostPosted: 21:26 - 19 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
keggyhander wrote:
Pilot didn't look very korean.


I'm pretty sure it was Ariel Badger Thinking
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PostPosted: 22:34 - 19 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
t121anf wrote:
Is there anywhere they haven't sold Top Gear to?


NORTH Korea. Wink
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PostPosted: 22:38 - 19 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
There is a point when you can see the path the helicopter was following and that there was no indication at all of avoidance. To me that says something was jammed in position.
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