[ztiworoh]

Ive been wondering, why are our choppers so problematic? Seems they are the most common cause of accidents that ive heard of in our forces

[Fledermaus]

wind and sand maybe, we sent them in yesterday before real pounding to recon RG, it's a risk

[commish]

First - a helicopter goes against every rule of powered flight .. so any problem almost always results in Gravity taking over.

Second - rotating parts and Sand do not get along very well, and choppers tend to kick up a whole lot of sand landing and taking off.

[wrench]

Choppers are very complex machines, and very unstable in flight. Many more life limited parts (limited by time in service) as compared to fixed wing aircraft. With the auto-stabilizer turned off, the chopper pilot's workload is HUGE.

Plus they fly very low, vulnerable to ground fire, and ground induced turbulence.

Helocopters seem to always be trying to come apart all on their own.

[Socratic]

The basic aerodynamics involved and skill to actually keep a helicopter aloft makes it more likely that problems arise.

[DollyCali]

RE copters........... Is it because we need new ones & don't have them because 42 cut the budget?

[TexKat]

Especially the blackhawks.