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Old 10th Feb 2010, 13:22
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Cubs2jets;
I'm a fixed-wing pilot - (never been in a machine where all the important bits is trying to get away from all the other important bits, although in fairness, Sergei Sikorsky, who was the keynote speaker at an ALPA Safety Conference in Washington DC stated that helicopter pilots were a lot smarter because, like our feathered friends and very much unlike our fixed-wing group, they stopped before alighting), but I wonder if "auto-rotation" is another solution? No torque, therefore no rotation - or does it work that way? I understand the choice of landing field is limited but it is with any "run-on" landing as well.

Newgen Jock, you anticipated the question, thanks...I thought as much.
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