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Tail rotors on helicopters move fast enough such that anything that touches it can puncture it.
by theandrewbailey 7y ago
Tail rotors on helicopters move fast enough such that anything that touches it can puncture it.
- Jeff_Brown 7y agoIs that what was punctured? The article says that it was the tail of the helicopter that was punctured; they don't say anything about a rotor. I was assuming by "tail" they mean the narrowest (fixed) part of the body toward the rear, not one of the rotating blades. The article includes a picture of the damage, but that's not clearing up the ambiguity to me -- it's not tapered like a tail, and it's too fat to be a rotor.
- aeternum 7y agoLooks like it hit and punctured the horizontal stabilizer rather than the tail rotor. Since this is a front-facing part of the helicopter it is quite feasible that the helicopter was moving faster than the drone, adding to the energy of collision.
- TylerE 7y agoThere is a secondary vertical rotor on the tail, for yaw.