Lone 50 4 ref
Anfi quote "its just a hideously complicated gearbox with hundreds of bearings and backup ....... to be exposed to this sort of problem is inherent in the Multi Engined approach "
ref hammer and nail metaphore its the illogical focus on engine related accidents as opposed to general system failures that deserves that parallel
engines are only a small proportion of accidents why is that hammer used when nails are so rare?
PCD "on and on and on and on....."
and eventually the point might get some serious consideration
helicopters are fundamentally simplex, the most reliable components are simplex, duplication and complexity are the helicopters enemy
Last edited by AnFI; 17th Jul 2016 at 07:24.