New Cabri G2 helicopter crash - 2 persons injured
Originally Posted by [email protected]
Surely it would be better to just design the skids to splay progressively on impact keeping the fuselage upright and preventing the rotors impacting the ground which is always going to be expensive to repair.
As it is, doing it this way will mean the rotor stops damned fast if the instructor messes up beyond salvation.
If you hit hard enough laterally to dislodge the skids, you're going in hard all the way. A splayed skid on a sideways impact won't prevent you flipping it on its back.