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Old 13th August 2010 | 13:13
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IO540
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Helis, I gather from a heli pilot I know, suffer a lot more because the engines are worked very hard but get inadequate cooling air.

OTOH they can land with autorotation almost anywhere.

And helis have hundreds of life-critical parts.
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