Not often enough, sometimes. Same as owt else though, things can go wrong out of the blue now and again. Unfortunately, gravity can be a cruel Mistress.
I’ve seen shows where pilots routinely check the planes before flight but have no idea of the pre fight protocol for a helicopter pilot
Agreed. I don’t know. We usually have someone who could shed light on helicopter maintenance protocol
More often than @tunstall birdman
You've got to remember that almost every pilot, while performing their pre-flight checks, which they've done probably hundreds or thousands of times from the very first lesson they had, really doesn't want to die screaming in a 500mph aircraft/ground fireball with you whingeing in the background complaining about your spilt drink.
Looks like a nylock nut and a drop of loctite to be sure would have maybe been a better option, the motor industry stopped using split pins on steering assembies years ago.
We went on one in New York about 15 year back, tipped forward to what felt like 90 degrees but probably under 45 at take off over the river.
You've got to remember that almost every pilot, while performing their pre-flight checks, which they've done probably hundreds or thousands of times from the very first lesson they had, really doesn't want to die screaming in a 500mph aircraft/ground fireball with you whingeing in the background complaining about your spilt drink.
What I mean is, if they think summat's not right and take off anyway, they die as well.
Id imagine a couple of failed pins caused it. Things like this should be changed if they take stress.
