[Vince the prince]

Wow that went real bad really quick

[mgiron0594]

[FuManBoobs]

Originally Posted by koipin ↗

Pretty unlucky with how he died.
If he'd put doors on the fucker he might have lived.

I mean, everyone here is joking but that's how progress is made. When people were trying to fly you had crazies jumping off towers with big ass wings and falling to their death. The next guy noted it didn't work and made improvements etc.

The mistake this guy made was going budget on something important that we already know a lot about. Some things just shouldn't be attempted on a small budget, flying surely being one of them.

[diamount]

He is now soaring the skies in heaven.

[The Driver]

[Vamooska]

Originally Posted by MrFlibble ↗

That's what happens when you make your propellers out of cement

Could very well be...but since this is a rotary wing....it doesn't have propellers.

[Vamooska]

Being a former aircraft mech...I can tell you just what I observed from the vid....
For whatever reason the tail rotor disintegrated. When it went two things happened. First the lack of a tail rotor created excessive yaw. Second the main rotor fodded out (foreign object damage) from the shards of tail rotor. The main rotor then delaminated from the strike and also disintegrated. The unbalanced aircraft then hopped and hurled him into the main rotor. I also agree....he could have been saved by a restraint....even a simple lap belt.

[Vamooska]

Originally Posted by HYPRTCKR ↗

~ The tail rotor blades were not balanced which caused them to hit the helicopter rear static stabilizing tail so they shattered upon impact.
~ The largest & remaining part of the tail rotor mast dislodged, hitting the main rotor blade at the it's rear end closest to the tail rotor, which caused the main rotor mast & blade to get bent, thus also causing the cockpit to twist to it's left.
~ The pilot's body was forced out of the cockpit thru the right side of the helicopter, because of his body wanting to stay upright and also because the cockpit was too narrow.
~ Then the bent main rotor blade struck his head as he was exposed to the right outside of the too narrow cockpit.
~ A seatbelt may not have helped in this case, per as his body remained secure in it's seat as it slumped out afterwards, but a security shield at head level or door may have.
~ Someone phucked up. Could have been any of his domestic engineers which didn't know how to properly align/secure the tail rotor mast & blades.
A torque wrench could have been used, etc., but probably wasn't.
~ Stupid is as Stupid does & doesn't.

That is exactly what happened.

[Vamooska]

Originally Posted by theblindguidedog ↗

It seems ridiculous to me that someone capable of building a pretty damn good looking helicopter wasn't capable of making sure the nuts and bolts were tight enough.

Great...yet another self appointed FAA accident investigator.

[Fordemups]

Originally Posted by antrod123 ↗

I applaud him. A man died doing what he loved. How many people can say that?

Yeah, but I’m not dead.