To: Yo-Yo
Wow - that picture drives home the fact a belly landing with the rotors in full-forward configuration would be one you wouldn’t want to be anywhere near - insid or outside the plane.
2 posted on
03/25/2008 3:48:58 PM PDT by
HardStarboard
(Take No Prisoners - We're Out Of Qurans)
To: HardStarboard
Actually, the rotors are made of carbon fiber and they simply powder upon impact. No parts will enter the cabin or get flung an appreciable distance away.
6 posted on
03/25/2008 4:35:27 PM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: HardStarboard
Wow - that picture drives home the fact a belly landing with the rotors in full-forward configuration would be one you wouldn’t want to be anywhere near - insid or outside the plane. That picture made me mentally calculate where the bottom of the rotor arc was in relation to the ground...
9 posted on
03/25/2008 5:08:42 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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