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Looking at the video, that gentleman is one engine out away from dying in the tree tops.
by pxmpxm 3y ago
Looking at the video, that gentleman is one engine out away from dying in the tree tops.
- nothercastle 3y agoHe’s one failure away from death in general. That thing is a death trap in so many ways
- Pet_Ant 3y agoNot an engineer, but what is wrong with it? It seems really on par with a lot of ultra-light experimental planes out there. It's obviously risky, but for what it is, it seems remarkably solid.
- nothercastle 3y agoFlying low and not all that fast. To survive chopper failure you either need altitude or speed to autorotate and recover.
- Pet_Ant 3y agoAt low speeds it looks like he could just make an aquatic landing. Auto-gyros from my understanding naturally auto-rotate on engine failure so it should it glide down non?
- lolc 3y agoThat video scares me on multiple levels, but shouldn't an autogyro be able to slow down horizontally and autorotate to the ground? Still not great over forest though.