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The automobile equivalent would be something jamming your steering wheel to one side - even if you decoupled the motor from the rotor (and tried to auto-gyro to

The automobile equivalent would be something jamming your steering wheel to one side - even if you decoupled the motor from the rotor (and tried to auto-gyro to safety), the helicopter would still be stuck in a sideways spiral.

jldugger 3y ago
Yea, autogyro (which I only know about due to this vid[1]) sounds like the answer to OP's question, but that would not (and clearly _did not) save this Chinook from what happened. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiTuwQGImNo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiTuwQGImNo
- jaclaz 3y ago
  The autogyro is a type of airplane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogyro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogyro You mean autorotation, I believe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation
  - jldugger 3y ago
    Ah, yea.