They’re way more dangerous. The last time I was in a helicopter, the pilot kept trying to get us over a mountain ridge, but the low air density at that elevation kept causing the blades to be ineffective and would drop us. After a handful of tries, he gave up, and we went around.
My dad never told me much about his past, but I once heard him telling the neighbor that he was driving to college one day, and saw a helicopter that had been travelling the same direction as him fall out of the sky after its tail rotor failed.
Said he swore never to ride in one after that, and I could see why.
I’ve been told I’m wrong and being irrational, but I kind of hate helicopters and am low-key terrified of flying in one.
My logic is this: planes turn into gliders when the engines go out. A helicopter is just like a falling stone.
Now I’ve been told that I’m wrong and that apparently that horrifying death spin they often do on the way down will slow the descent.
Which is cold comfort lol
They’re way more dangerous. The last time I was in a helicopter, the pilot kept trying to get us over a mountain ridge, but the low air density at that elevation kept causing the blades to be ineffective and would drop us. After a handful of tries, he gave up, and we went around.
I’ll probably never fly in one again.
That sounds like a waking nightmare
My dad never told me much about his past, but I once heard him telling the neighbor that he was driving to college one day, and saw a helicopter that had been travelling the same direction as him fall out of the sky after its tail rotor failed.
Said he swore never to ride in one after that, and I could see why.