This is a Robinson R44 helicopter.
The rotor on this machine is almost 11 feet in the air,
and does not droop like the rotor on a Bell JetRanger
does as it slows after shutdown.
The guy would have to be 8 feet tall for this to actually happen.
Nevertheless, the video is pretty effective in making it's point.
2 comments:
Ha ha I'm so the opposite of that video.
Even when getting out of a BIG helicopter that I saw before start up had blades that were waaay over my head, I run away bent double until I'm probably twice the blade span away from the helicopter.
Was that video really a clothing store ad?
Obviously, better safe than sorry ALWAYS applies!
I'm amazed when I see a Chinook or an Enstrom shut down. I have no Brantley experience, but all those aircraft will cut you in half if you approach them as the rotor coasts to a stop after shutdown.
Clothing store ad? Yep. If you look at some of the other links on their site, they are targeting tall, "hard to fit" men.
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