Bell 206 Hammerhead and Near Crash

This guy is a true moron

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• bell
• 206
• helicopter
• crash
• accident
• stupid
• aerobatics
• airshow

[CropDusterMan]

I fly a Bell 206A every day crop dusting...and it just plain pisses me off to see someone disrespect this great aircraft like this dumb ass. Two ingredients for a certain disaster....an idiot at the controls, and a crowd he's showing off to.I have people stop and watch me all the time,and when they do, i go spray somewhere else til their gone.Also, he had a tailwind coming in and misjudged his approach.Hope he's "retired" and not flying in my airspace.

[1BustedMyth]

We had a guy try the same in a jetranger , stuffed up, chopped his tail off, killed most of his family.

My old man passed away warm in his bed after a long flying carear and I am still alive and no one has ever been hurt around me, stupid shit like this makes my blood run cold. THE WORST thing in a rescue Heli is having to go out to an Aircraft crash, I even saw hardened men shaken by loosing the Pilot on route to the hospital, then having to strip the aircraft to clean out all his fluids.

[KrtBong]

@upajos I'm sure that he does but in fixed wing it's referred to almost universally as a Hammerhead

I'm not saying it isn't also called cropduster turn but it was invented before cropdusting ;)

[upajos]

@KrtBong Ray Prouty referred to this maneuver as a "cropduster turn" in his column in "Rotor & Wing International" magazine. You can find a reprint of the article in "Helicopter Aerodynamics" by Ray Prouty.

[upajos]

@KrtBong Except for getting too low and scraping the skids on the sod, there wasn't anything particularly dangerous about the maneuver. UH-1 and OH-6 pilots in the Vietnam War routinely performed it, making a pass over a target and returning quickly to fire guns or rockets. The Bell 206 rotor system is essentially the same as that of the UH-1; as long as positive g-loading is maintained, the risk is low.

[KrtBong]

@upajos Actually it is called a hammerhead, cropdusters may call it that but the rest of aviation calls it a hammerhead, and the guy doing those manuevers IS a fool that Helo doesn't have the performance rating to be taking stupid chances like that

[sharpezor]

Since you've got nothing better to do than to "check out" peoples profiles and make judgments based on hardly any information, it just proclaims your own retardation and ignorance. You can't judge or deduce a person's being from a youtube account although I would not expect you to have such a complicated thought. I'm not "worrying" and I never said it was unfulfilling. You're truly sad if you actually took time to stalk me. Low intelligence and a creep, enjoy your pointless life.

[CropDusterMan]

@sharpezor

I checked out your youtube site, looks like the only helicopter you ever come near is on a video game.

Don't worry, I'm not insulted by your ignorance...my job is actually quite fulfilling and financially rewarding,

and don't worry, we'll be out there helping put food on your table, so that when your Mom calls you up from your bedroom for dinner, she can feed you good food.

[upajos]

It's called a "cropduster turn" — used to turn around quickly at the end of a pass and get back to work before the finance company can repossess the aircraft.

[sharpezor]

@CropDusterMan Got to love youtube comments, there's always some gruffled experienced person who has some condescending and disapproving judgment to impose on the world. Sorry, there isn't some great nobility to your shitty crop dusting job.

[thenicedudejay]

i wonder why this bell 206 is so popular & is manufactured over 40 years now? is it the sturdy cunstruction & easy to fly maybe? anyone is welcome do a comment.