Redbull Cobra Chops Up A Building...Oops

Another story states the helicopter eventually fell over and burned.

Hopefully no injuries.
 
This pilot get the dipdung of the week award for sure.
 
I remember seeing a similar video of an R44 slicing into an open hangar door. Fortunately just minor injuries in that one.

Both are expensive oopsies for sure.
 
Ryanb said:
I remember seeing a similar video of an R44 slicing into an open hangar door. Fortunately just minor injuries in that one.

Both are expensive oopsies for sure.
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Yea that one's a classic. I always feel bad when he says "I apologize".

 
Skid said:
Yea that one's a classic. I always feel bad when he says "I apologize".

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I feel bad when he threw the kid he was giving a ride to under the bus for pushing the cyclic -- and that story fell apart when the witness' video was given to the FAA.


https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employme...ev_id=20040825X01288&ntsbno=CHI04LA212&akey=1

The pilot stated that after completing the normal start-up and pre-flight procedures, he established that the area was clear and picked up into a 6 - 8 foot hover. He reported that he began to move away from the hangar. He stated that as he did so the passenger in the left front seat turned to his right and "accidentally and inadvertently hit or bumped the counterweight portion of the cyclic as he turned."

The pilot stated that 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.​
 
ElPaso Pilot said:
I feel bad when he threw the kid he was giving a ride to under the bus for pushing the cyclic -- and that story fell apart when the witness' video was given to the FAA.
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Haha I never actually read the NTSB report. Maybe the redbull helicopter will have a similar story.
 
Another video of this Cobra. At about 4:15 they start loading the pieces onto the flatbed.

 
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The videographer on the OP video probably needs new shorts after seeing all that shrapnel coming at them.
 
having flown F model snakes (My Avatar) sad waste of an aircraft ...the Kaman Composite Blades were some of the first built and were tough except for the boot on the leading edge....some serious sudden stoppage occurred with the roll over and probably would have been sort of okay if not for that...at least have a repairable aircraft.
 
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