> Even if the bucket is not filled it is a weight some > distance away from > the helicopter. And when your downpitching into > autorotation it will > influence the CG of your a/c. And due to the load > change it will start > to swing. And groundnear it may hook into the > vegetation. > Many helicopter pilots hate external loads. > When I got some winch training many years ago with a > Bell 212 I suddenly > lost my innocence when the pilots told me that it > was absolutely > necessary in case of an autorotation to cut the line > I would be hanging > on immediately - better loose one man than all the > helicopter crew. > > But there are other crashes due to the > > ... > > > > Regards > > HHS > > > > > Regards > Georg You're generally right- but in your named case 30ft (9m) are not much for autorotating - on the pics it seems that he couldn't get rid of the cargo in time.
I meant accidents because due to swingings of the loads from heavy inputs. Like you said, that's why pilots hate external loads. That's features I would like to see for more realistic in FGFS. Regards HHS still in work: http://www.hoerbird.net/galerie.html But already done: http://www.hoerbird.net/reisen.html __________________________________ Ihr erstes Baby? Holen Sie sich Tipps von anderen Eltern. www.yahoo.de/clever ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
