Originally Posted by
pete311
"The pilot said a passenger's bag may have hit a fuel shutoff button"
oh good lord, how is that even possible!? It's that easy to crash a helo? No one thought to maybe protect that button?
Looked like a good water landing, but it flipped upside down under water and appears people drowned.
I would think the buttons should be shielded with a flip-up tab.
I do know the rotor brakes are above the pilot's head. We had one crash in the surf
because the copilot bumped the rotor brakes when going back to help the flight mech
during a hoist. The cockpit on those Euro-copters are really tiny and confined.
This was a single engine model:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroco..._%C3%89cureuil
Those things are top-heavy and will not stay afloat. Even with flotation bags anything
over a 1 foot choppy sea or high wind will flip them.
Last edited by Elessar; 03-12-2018 at 10:21 AM.
I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
A Deplorable!
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