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To: GonzoGOP
If you strap a couple of turbofans to the fuselage, you can stop the main rotor in mid flight. See the Sikorsky S-72 X-wing.
25 posted on 05/05/2011 7:40:18 AM PDT by Jack of all Trades (Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
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To: Jack of all Trades
If you strap a couple of turbofans to the fuselage, you can stop the main rotor in mid flight. See the Sikorsky S-72 X-wing.

Had to look that one up. It looks like something out of a Japanese comic book. And all I can say is I want one!

34 posted on 05/05/2011 8:17:42 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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