25 October 2005

They're called "Choppers"

I'm pretty sure
  • this
  • is a fake.

    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:

    Aviatrix said...

    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?

    Greybeard said...

    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.