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I've never seen anything like this before, pretty scary stuff!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17150747

Ground resonance, another reason not to fly in a helicopter. The pilot should have recognised it and immediately

I've heard of it but this is the first time I've ever seen a video of it Pretty impressive (in a changing your undies sort of way) 8-)

I've heard of it but this is the first time I've ever seen a video of it Pretty impressive (in a changing your undies sort of way) 8-)

Have you seen these. Chinook ground resonance tests, except they could not take off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LFLV47VAbI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTRuWgoEFxo

Matt

Helicopters really aren't that dangerous and I wish people wouldn't keep spreading that rumor. Helicopters are as safe as their pilots and mechanics make them. They can be quite safe when properly operated. Even the fact that you can do an autorotation in the event of an engine failure and land safely in a somewhat small area is a good thought. In an airplane, you have to hope that there is somewhere flat to land.

It's the pilot's fault that this happened. He should have just lifted off again. Like I said, they're safe if operated correctly.

The only reason a helicopter flies is that it does not know it shouldn't. They should naturally screw themselves in to the ground 

Matt (25 years of fixed wing spannering

Doh! I just posted this link a few minutes ago in the video section . I suppose its all alright as my link is slightly different footage. Apparently Oz and I look at the same news interests