Thirsty....?

[Jbb]

Crack open a cold one! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUvmPj9zU64)

[98 Vector 21]

Not bad! Not bad at all...

[Jbb]

Certainly more skills then.....this guy.. (http://xpock.com/?p=975)

[Sleek-Jet]

Certainly more skills then.....this guy.. (http://xpock.com/?p=975)
He can fly a helicopter as well as I can...
And then the guy blames it on the kid in the left seat...
The helicopter was substantially damaged when the main rotor contacted an open hangar door during takeoff and the helicopter subsequently impacted the ground. The pilot stated that the helicopter was parked on the ramp approximately 35 feet from the hangar. The bi-fold hangar door was open and extended about 10 feet out over the ramp. He stated that after takeoff, as the aircraft began to move away from the hangar, the passenger in the left front seat "accidentally and inadvertently hit or bumped the counterweight portion of the cyclic." The helicopter drifted toward the open hangar door and before he could correct the drift the main rotor clipped the bottom edge of the door. He recalled: "I quickly maneuvered away from the hangar building and began to level the aircraft." The helicopter descended to the ramp. The subsequent hard landing caused the skids to collapse and the main rotor to sever the tail boom. A ground witness to the accident submitted a video recording of the accident flight. Review of the recording revealed that after the helicopter lifted-off, it paused in a hover for a few seconds and then began to climb out, subsequently contacting the door. No drift toward the hangar building was observed prior to rotor blade contact with the door.

[Jbb]

He can fly a helicopter as well as I can...
And then the guy blames it on the kid in the left seat...
If it's anything like the R22 the 44 very likely has pretty slow to react controls ......and a kid bumping the counterweight by accident ....could have been easily corrected for ....by a attentive pilot...
blame it on the kid.....good idea....