ourobouros2k2
Heliman
Location: okc, ok
| no amount of skill can compensate for mechanical failure. I remember watching my mentor hover his t-rex in a lounge several feet from an expensive big-screen television. It was just us in there, so if anything went wrong, it would be property/heli damage to be concerned about. He is very good and did a fantastic job of a performing perfectly locked in hover, but I remember thinking what would happen if he lost is tail rotor or something similar. Next day, next flight he was in fff and lost his slider assembly on his tail rotor. As you can imagine, he had enough time to hit the throttle hold before it went down. No pilot error, simply mechanical failure. That is why I get nervous when people horseplay with helis.
Andy T-rex 450sa, Axe CP |
