mrbell1984 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 (edited) . Edited May 17, 2020 by mrbell1984 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Does that hang point look normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas_whitmore Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Doesn’t look like any hang point I’ve seen before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 One of the reports said a hang point failed...which is why I was looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackburn Mark Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 I was assuming the strap that you expect to be there was being overexposed and the steel cable was a failsafe... if its not, I don't like the look of the focused stress on the riser or the tubing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harcourt Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 (edited) It seems either the pilot or whoever connected the risers made a mistake and only connected one side properly. The side that let go was only connected to the backup. The main connector is lying loose in the video. Edited August 17, 2019 by Scott Harcourt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HangTen Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) It would have taken quite a large reserve to bring that much weight down safely? I wonder what their altitude was at the moment the connection let go? I didn't see a reserve anyway in the video. Did you? Edited August 21, 2019 by HangTen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 In the video of them flying (supposedly just before the accident) they look like they were at 500' or lower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HangTen Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 (edited) This is so sad. 6 seconds of sheer terror. If they were approximately 500 feet (152 meters) in altitude, their approximate velocity at impact would have been ~ 55.7 m/sec or 200 kph (163 ft / sec,....117 mph) Adjusted for drag on the wing......maybe 100mph at impact At 300 ft (91 meters).... 4.5 seconds to impact.....Impact speed approx 85 mph (135 kph) At 200 ft (61 meters).....3.6 seconds to impact......70 mph (112 kph) As you can see, there is not much time to react regardless. And it only take about 2 seconds to reach deadly velocities in a free fall Edited August 23, 2019 by HangTen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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