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Thank Goodness he was wearing appropriate elbow protection......:looksleftlooksright:
In that particular spot on any given weekend crashes are a regular thing. I ride up there to sit and watch
and save the hard canyon riding for weekdays. I like reading all the comments on YouTube as much as watching the videos. Some pretty funny ones on this clip. Honestly, my gut says this guy has had some seattime on other types of bikes. He pulled off that landing pretty calmly and kept his head from hitting the ground. He is damn lucky! But not so much his bike.
If this is up by the Rock Store then I too have been to that spot and watched many riders make fools of themselves. I ride a Road King and believe me those bikes handle very nicely but at the correct speed and this guy was well past that point. I saw this exact same thing years ago on the Angeles Crest Highway. I live by slow down rule when riding.In that particular spot on any given weekend crashes are a regular thing. I ride up there to sit and watch
James
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Ah, a DUTCH ROLL... Usually fatal...
Funny, the pilot grabbed the wrong knob!
Just so you know, we are currently in contract with ANA doing their tear-downs on their A320s. I have one 10 feet from me as I type this! Coincidence? -BIG DAN
Ah, a DUTCH ROLL... Usually fatal...
Funny, the pilot grabbed the wrong knob!
Just so you know, we are currently in contract with ANA doing their tear-downs on their A320s. I have one 10 feet from me as I type this! Coincidence? -BIG DAN
Why a "Dutch" roll?
.... cuz you know... "If it aint Dutch, it aint much"!!! 
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To be honest, This could not have happened the way they describe. Something else happened...
1. The rudder trim control knob requires several turns before you even get 1 degree of trim. (called a switch in the video)
2. There is no way the "yaw damper" could allow the aircraft to yaw far enough to fall into a dutch roll. Some Yaw dampers have been found defective but since have been replaced or modified per a fleet-wide service bulletin.
Yaw Damper - prevents the aircraft from moving in the "YAW" parameter. Drifting your car is movement in the yaw parameter.
Dutch Roll - When an aircraft moves in the yaw parameter to a point where the trailing wing air stream is blocked by the fuselage. That wing loses lift and drops. When an aircraft turns, it "slips" out of the air sideways. Once an aircraft has slipped (the dramatic loss of altitude in the video), the wing rarely can regain lift.
1. The rudder trim control knob requires several turns before you even get 1 degree of trim. (called a switch in the video)
2. There is no way the "yaw damper" could allow the aircraft to yaw far enough to fall into a dutch roll. Some Yaw dampers have been found defective but since have been replaced or modified per a fleet-wide service bulletin.
Yaw Damper - prevents the aircraft from moving in the "YAW" parameter. Drifting your car is movement in the yaw parameter.
Dutch Roll - When an aircraft moves in the yaw parameter to a point where the trailing wing air stream is blocked by the fuselage. That wing loses lift and drops. When an aircraft turns, it "slips" out of the air sideways. Once an aircraft has slipped (the dramatic loss of altitude in the video), the wing rarely can regain lift.
James
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Cover up? 
must not have enough flight sims training 
