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- Not really. The rotor design is to keep the helicopter from not spinning around in circles. The helicopter would most likely spin around and crash.
aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/21289/if-a-helicopters-tail-rotor-fails-is-it-possible-to-perform-an-emergency-landiIf a helicopter's tail rotor fails, is it possible to perform ...
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Sep 5, 2023 · The shaft that controlled the tail rotor then unscrewed and became detached as a result, which in turn caused the helicopter to spin out of the pilot's control.
Following a six-week investigation, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) concluded the tail rotor failure caused the helicopter to violently veer to the right, resulting...
Sep 6, 2023 · The unopposed main rotor torque couple and negative tail rotor blade pitch angle resulted in an increasing rate of rotation of the helicopter in yaw, which induced pitch and roll deviations...
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Sep 7, 2023 · The crash which killed a Premier League football club owner and 4 others was due to a catastrophic failure of the tail rotor pitch control mechanism that made effective control of the helicopter impossible, the official investigation has found.
May 31, 2022 · A tail rotor malfunction could cause the pilot to lose control of the aircraft; the tail rotor's purpose is to counteract the torque of the main rotor, acting essentially as a...
The recommendations follow an investigation into the crash of a Leonardo AW169 helicopter that killed five people, including the owner of Leicester City FC.
Sep 28, 2015 · Yes, it is possible to make an emergency landing in a helicopter should a tail rotor failure occur. The procedure is that same as that of a engine failure and it's called an autorotative landing. Essentially a powerless helicopter becomes an autogyro (gyrocopter) in flight and can be flown as such.
