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Is 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 b
by Jeff_Brown 7y ago
Is 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.