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To: CCGuy

That thing still has no glide capacity in case of engine failure:-O


5 posted on 12/23/2016 6:03:47 AM PST by 9422WMR (President Trump, I like the sound of that!)
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To: 9422WMR

I’d imagine they have more than choppers, which have the glide capacity of a sack of cement.


10 posted on 12/23/2016 6:13:27 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: 9422WMR

Transmissions are linked in event of an engine failure.


12 posted on 12/23/2016 6:15:51 AM PST by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: 9422WMR
"That thing still has no glide capacity in case of engine failure:-O

I think the auto-gyro effect would still work.

31 posted on 12/23/2016 7:00:02 AM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: 9422WMR
That thing still has no glide capacity in case of engine failure:-O

It glides well enough to get to the scene of the crash.

50 posted on 12/23/2016 8:11:42 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (It's gonna be bloody.)
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To: 9422WMR

Auto rotation, look it up.


58 posted on 12/23/2016 8:17:46 AM PST by TalonDJ
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While technically capable of autorotation if both engines fail in helicopter mode, a safe landing is difficult; in 2005, a director of the Pentagon’s testing office stated that in a loss of power while hovering below 1,600 feet (490 m), emergency landings “...are not likely to be survivable.” V-22 pilot Captain Justin “Moon” McKinney stated that: “We can turn it into a plane and glide it down, just like a C-130.” A complete loss of power requires both engines to fail, as one engine can power both proprotors via interconnected drive shafts.


71 posted on 12/23/2016 10:28:38 AM PST by Garvin (The Fourth Estate is The Fifth Column.)
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To: 9422WMR
That thing still has no glide capacity in case of engine failure:-O

Sure it can glide.

Vertically.

72 posted on 12/23/2016 10:33:24 AM PST by SIDENET (My next tagline will be so awesome.)
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