Kawasaki Concours Forum
Mish mash => Open Forum => Topic started by: mikeyw64 on August 17, 2017, 06:04:26 AM
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ok soa few years old but just saw this on a programme over here
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IediCjcw16U#)
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WOW! Lucky is right! But, durn, what a bummer way to wrap up a long career.
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https://drivetribe.com/p/police-biker-gets-slammed-by-red-IPa1hQZqTGOC6-g8uM7VnA?iid=C4GXME9WQv2QkLLhghz25w#comments
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That looks like the classic: starting a perfectly executed inside loop of 1,000 feet..... at 900 feet. Unless the vehicle has a lot of power, and helicopters do not, the bottom or exit of the loop is a but slow and sluggish and has a bigger arc than the entrance turn. Looks like that is what happened in that video.
Brian
ok soa few years old but just saw this on a programme over here
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IediCjcw16U#)
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In a more recent interview (which is the one I saw on the BBC) he again admitted it was pilot error, hadn't made enough allowance for the thin, hot desert air. Reckoned another 10-20ft and he would have been ok.
That looks like the classic: starting a perfectly executed inside loop of 1,000 feet..... at 900 feet. Unless the vehicle has a lot of power, and helicopters do not, the bottom or exit of the loop is a but slow and sluggish and has a bigger arc than the entrance turn. Looks like that is what happened in that video.
Brian
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Lucky indeed! Low level aerobatics tend to eventually catch up with even the best pilots. Bob Hoover being an exception and one of the reasons I think he was the best.