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Old 8th Oct 2018, 14:24
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Fareastdriver
 
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An aerodynamically damaged rotor blade can fly violently in different directions. Blades have demonstrated the ability to chop into the cabin or remove the tail boom. A drone strike on the outer circumference of the disc could quite easily produce one of those results.

A drone damaging a blade in such a way that it induced a severe down moment would be fatal.
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