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worth noting one of the choppers crashed because (i think?) of the bad aerodynamics
by abacadaba 7y ago
worth noting one of the choppers crashed because (i think?) of the bad aerodynamics
- ArnoVW 7y agoin fact it crashed because it was hovering over the (walled) compound, and those walls were modifying the air flow and causing a vortex ring state. Most helicopters would have suffered the same fate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_ring_state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_ring_state