On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:54:35 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski"
wrote:


"Oren" wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:26:07 -0800 (PST), RicodJour
wrote:

Posted in another newsgroup. You don't get an idea of the scale of
the thing until it goes over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3FZtmlHwcA


Maybe it needed an oil change :-)

How they knew this would happen and caught it on video is be beyond
me.

For those with dial-up, the video is only 40 seconds long....


I was wondering the same thing. It is evident that the support was struck by
something, either shot into it or flung by the blade.

Good point, but anything flung by the blade should hit the mast at a
very shallow angle.

I have to wonder if
this was to be replaced and they did a destructive test on it.

Maybe so.