BF2S Forums chopper crash

did you see that dude bail and dodge the landing gear?

that's the dude i was talking about, i think he hauled ass opposite the direction of the chopper and camera and finally just dolphin dove and prayed

I saw that somewhere else on a more trustworthy site.  It's a French Army Helicopter (Please hold lol's) and suffered a failure in the Tail Rotor I believe.  And one or two people were killed.

Nah the out of control spinning more or less guarantees it was a failure on the tail rotor's part.

Locoloki wrote:

it seemed like the pilot never tried to kill his turbines, maybe his throttle got stuck

Powering down a chopper requires 5-10 minutes. powering up a chopper takes 10-15

losing control of the tail rotor causes the helicopter to spin round and round like that, looked like the guy flared to much, possibly whacked his tail rotor on the ground. and autorotation is typically done at a high altitude, as the engines are cut, the rotors will eventually stop spinning. in a autorotation, the pilot uses the ramaining lift under the rotors to find a clear patch on land and try to land without killing himself and the copter.