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Originally Posted by 315B View Post
The rotor blades on the 350 are light weight rubbish like the gazelle. A hughes 500 has stronger blades.
Hardly think so....I’ve seen the result of one clothcock peelot do a nose in to the side of a rocky slope only to hit the ground with 2 of three blades, Fvking frightening as he then proceeded to fly 20mins after that, back to base...3 blades replaced & inspections yada yada. Surprising how little the damage was