Ground Resonance in Helicopters

Inspired by this recent video

I felt inspired to make a compilation of clips showing the "ground resonance" effect in helicopters.

When a helicopter has contact with the ground it becomes a completely different dynamical system compared to its flying state. Certain frequency ranges of the rotor have to be passed very quickly then. Otherwise it can lead to catastrophic failure.

… Read more ›

send Send to a friend
Login to rate this video.

You can place this video on your website by inserting the (X)HTML code below:

Options:
pixels
pixels
Embed code: 
<iframe src="https://www.snotr.com/embed/16977" width="400" height="330" frameborder="0"></iframe>

You can email this video to your friends by entering their addresses below:

Your information:
Recipients:

add Add another recipient

Human verification:

People who liked this video also liked

This Guy Builds Mesmerizing Kinetic Sculptures
Birds on power lines
[1047] An Amazon Scam: The Mofut Key Lock Box
Why Finland's schools outperform most others across the developed world | 7.30
Best Pilots in the World Storm Ciara Crosswind landings and Takeoffs and Go-around Extreme Weather
Fire in the hole!

Comments

8 comments posted so far. Login to add a comment.

Expand all comments

Picture of LQoQK44 achievements

+14 1. LQoQK commented 4 years ago

watch while this is on the background
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXda46z9usA
Picture of snotraddict44 achievements

+9 2. snotraddict commented 4 years ago

0:56 shake that booty. :x
Picture of Glubok44 achievements

+11 3. Glubok commented 4 years ago

Ground has always been a bitch for aircrafts. >:)
Picture of Geekster80 achievements

+3 4. Geekster (admin) commented 4 years ago

#3 Yeah, kinda is >:)
Picture of thundersnow58 achievements

+4 5. thundersnow commented 4 years ago

Wow, never heard of an issue like that before...learned something new, thanks for sharing kirkelicious :)
Picture of ComentAtor48 achievements

+2 6. ComentAtor commented 4 years ago

#5 agree , that's why i still come here :)
Picture of buckleg0855 achievements

0 7. buckleg08 commented 27 days ago

learned something...and this was also in time with kobes death...so chances this appearing?:O
Picture of Judge-Jake52 achievements

0 8. Judge-Jake commented 27 days ago

Few sights more sad than a dead helicopter. :(