Very lucky that there was no fire.Chalkie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:21 pmOK, we will agree to disagree.frikie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:56 pmI have flown turbine tail draggers in winds similar as posted earlier in the thread (Probably even worse).
It is easily conceivable to me that it could be possible that there was a fluke wind that caused this accident.
Sorry folks, in my books I don’t believe he thought that it might or might not work. I’m convinced that he was comfortable with the decision.
Hindsight is 20/20.
When I looked at the video the left wing was higher than the right, standing still. When the takeoff run started there was no correction to this condition and no yawing into wind. The prevailing wind caused an early lift off and a roll to the right. There after it was game over.
Perhaps the technique used for a crosswind takeoff needs to be looked at. He said that, not me. Full aileron into the wind, just might be part of that brief.
Again. He was sure lucky there was no fire.
Does the fact that it's a turbine make the chance of a fire less?