Basically, I was flying around, trying to land quickly, smoothely, and in some cases in very specific areas at varying degrees. I was also experimenting with different landing styles to reduce that all too common front-to-back rocking that occurs often when landing in a Blackhawk.
Well I managed to catch what I think was a fairly unique situation. I was approaching North Village from the north. My goal for this approach was to land inside one of the compounds on the edge of the village as quickly and gently as possible.
Judging by the pictures I dropped my tail a bit too early resulting in my tailwheel being below the level of the wall I had to cross. Coming in the front wheels just barely grazed the top of the wall. Despite traveling at about 20KM at the time, the helo appeared to come to a dead rest as soon as the three points of contact shown in the picture were made.
Instantly I knew I took a very minor amount of damage (very). Yet not matter what input I made (throttle, rudder, roll, pitch) the helicopter remained solid as a rock. I jumped out to see the helicopter was smoking. I also noticed that although the engine sound had stopped, the rotors appeared stopped yet still blurry as if turning. I figured it was a lost cause so I decided to snap some pictures, sit back, and watch the fireworks that were soon to come!
Even if it wasn't my intention to position the helicopter this way, it was still pretty cool to do.
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