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Old 9th Dec 2013, 18:38
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booke23
 
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"Does the EC135 have a rotor brake?"

It does, but surely any rotor brake in a certified helicopter would be nowhere near powerful enough to actually cause an incident like this.

Besides, on the EC135 I believe the rotor brake disc is mounted to the tail rotor shaft, so even if it did manage to jam somehow, the tail rotor shaft would break long before the engines were overcome.
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