GreenDust@lemmings.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoJesus nutlemmings.worldimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1503arrow-down111
arrow-up1492arrow-down1imageJesus nutlemmings.worldGreenDust@lemmings.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 day agoI’ve never once seen a helicopter crash that looked anything at all like it was falling with a parachute.
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoThat’s because the helicopter crashes you’ve seen were the ones where something catastrophic happened, like a midair collision or a pilot error. That’s what makes the news, not the safe landings where engine failure has occurred.
minus-squareMagnum, P.I.@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoThe crashes you seen had their tail damaged.
minus-squareRattlerSix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 hours agoAn auto rotation isn’t a crash. An auto rotation can end up as one but usually looks like a normal landing
I’ve never once seen a helicopter crash that looked anything at all like it was falling with a parachute.
That’s because the helicopter crashes you’ve seen were the ones where something catastrophic happened, like a midair collision or a pilot error. That’s what makes the news, not the safe landings where engine failure has occurred.
The crashes you seen had their tail damaged.
An auto rotation isn’t a crash. An auto rotation can end up as one but usually looks like a normal landing