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Old 2nd Jul 2012, 20:04
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Ascend Charlie
 
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Any comparison would have troubles with the basics:

a plank is dynamically stable, and it only crashes when the pilot makes it happen.

a chopper is dynamically unstable and the pilot is the only thing that stops it from crashing.

Big difference there.
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