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Old 11th Jun 2009, 16:19
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Typical you all care about the pilots, but what about the poor old line engineer when the aircraft has snags on the line... It'll take hours to get suited and booted.. and You try using lockwire with space gloves on.. sheeeesh!

I was also thinking, with no gravity, what happens when our hero applies the rotorbrake.. Rotor Stop - aircraft spin, so in effect, would you need the rotors spinning at 100% Nr and a bootful of yaw to apply the rotorbrake.. but then that would... **** it, this is getting complicated.. can't we just stick with the Space Shuttle???

One more thing.. if the helo went to the moon and he landed in the "Sea of Tranquility".. would the emergency floats deploy?? Just a thought...
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