Talk about co-incidence.

Missplaced a kiter this evening and had to call the emergency services.
within 15 mins they sent 1 x RNLI F"£ing awesome lifeboat, 1 x totally cool rather deafening Snea King helicopter and 1 x really sound expert cliff rescue team!!!

The kiter is well, can`t wait to read tomorrows paper...

Guess who got him first ?

And about choppers gliding, well gyrocopter you might think....however that is all bullshit!
A fixed wing mate of mine explained it really clearly... Choppers, being so fing ugly do not actually fly but are repulsed by the ground!

One million parts, all trying to go in different directions, and all manufactured by the lowest bidder.

Depends.

Who was better to advise on facebook stock on opening day: a trained analyst that liked it for some reason (thousands to be found), or a layperson who could see the P/E ratio and business model were crazy and flawed, respectively?

Anyway, to Captain's credit, "sneak up" is a relative term. You can sneak up and 'surprise' someone on the ground with a fast and/or hidden approach, but they'll still know you're there before they experience any rotor wash.

What? they don't glide? well come to think of it they are kinda shaped like a jagged rock lol

So no takers on the re-roofing huh... comon... I know there's lots in here with spare time... like me

You are safer in a helicopter if the engine quits vs. an airplane, but explaining that is a whole other thread...

I watched a rather Large Chinook Helicopter from Camp Pendleton, do
an emergency ((engine Out)) Landing, next to the parking lot of Cardiff by the sea Ca.
The maneuver is called an auto-rotation.

40min later another Heli showed up with several mechanics and fix the first one,
then both of them took off and flew away.

What does a Chinook weigh ?
How long a runway would an airplane of equal weight need , to glide in
with the engine Not running ?

It took me Several tail rotors and a bunch of booms to learn to auto rotate my
11Lb Gas XL -- RC Heli, so i'm gonna assume it ain't easy to do it on a Real one ??

Bille

Not too hard...thing slow down as they get bigger.

Even if you go into the trees, you are likely to at least walk away, even if you trash the aircraft.