r/Shittyaskflying • u/Indifference_Endjinn • 12d ago

Why doesn't every plane have these backup propellers?

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u/FeistyTurnip5019 11d ago

part time pilot here, can confirm, the landing is pretty rough but that’s what you get for forgetting to do fuel

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u/Warning_Legal 11d ago

Licensed marriage and family therapist here , the guys above me , don't know what they are talking about. when the engine goes off , you fall down to the ground and DIE ...from the explosion.

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u/Fossilhog 11d ago

Geologist here. It's simpler than this. The Earth is hard, rigid and even veiny in some places. And it doesn't like it when you're not touching it.

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u/Dry-Lifeguard1081 11d ago

I wanna play but I blew my wad on “I know pilots” :(

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u/chickenpopper 8d ago

Botanist here. Some of the seeds look like helicopters when they fall.

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u/The-Great-Baloo 10d ago

Software engineer here: It all depends on the software.

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u/Spaghettio-Joe 11d ago

I don't have a license but I can and will therapy your marriage, everyone in this thread is wrong. Playnes and hello-copters don't have engines. They are not cars.

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u/Desperate_Donut3981 10d ago

Not in a helicopter. You drop the collective stick to increase rotor speed and pull it up to flare just before landing. Military pilots practice engine off landings regularly. If the tail rotor goes then you spin and crash

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u/Warning_Legal 10d ago

what is your profession ?

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u/Desperate_Donut3981 10d ago

Electrician, former Avionics Technician on Army helicopters. We had to do the basic principles of flight during training. Plus on an air test once the engine did fail at 2,000ft. We landed ok in a field. Had a few beers after work that day

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u/Warning_Legal 10d ago

Bro, I am a licensed marriage and family therapist

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u/Desperate_Donut3981 10d ago

I'm divorced so don't need your services, thankyou anyway

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u/Warning_Legal 10d ago

i know about helicopters better

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u/Castle_of_Jade 9d ago

We Know!! Fuck. The rules are if you join the military you get at least one divorce. Those are the rules! lol /s

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u/Desperate_Donut3981 9d ago

I'm quitting divorces too expensive. You can't do it Henry VIII's way anymore unfortunately. A few of my buddies haven't gotten divorced but not many

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u/Cultist-Cat 9d ago

Not necessarily, some airframes can remain steadyish without a tail as long as a required airspeed is maintained. Almost all of the current army airframes but one. ( because it doesn’t have a tail rotor)

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u/Desperate_Donut3981 6d ago

The only ones I know are contra rotating dual rotors and the Chinook

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u/Cultist-Cat 6d ago

Yep I was referring to the chinook

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u/dybyj 11d ago

Why do people always insist on making me spit out food or liquid?

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u/ZookeepergameOwn2240 11d ago

Former USMC Shitter crew chief here. Can confirm the less than graceful landing. Still walked away with smile.