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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A helicopter will crash if you just look at it wrong. I'm not quite sure why this is surprising to a lot of people.

Just because a helicopter can go faster than a drone, doesn't mean it's always going faster than a drone. The benefit of vertical take off is that you can land and pick up troops in dangerous areas.

More than likely this is the same scenario as whenever they shoot down one of ours with an RPG in Afghanistan. Got them right after touch down or take off, or got a lucky hit while they were flying low and slow.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A helicopter will crash if you just look at it wrong. I’m not quite sure why this is surprising to a lot of people.

People really don't seem to understand how ridiculously flimsy helicopters can be. There's a reason why they're often called flying death traps by anyone who has to regularly be in one

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Yeap, only thing worse than rotary aircraft are apparently tiltrotar aircraft. The V22 is trying it's best to be the most dangerous thing in the air in the worst way possible.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yup, and a second rotor just adds another way to die.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And making those rotors tilt adds many new and exciting ways to die

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"We made our plane a helicopter so it works less."

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"It may be slow, but it's dangerous to operate"

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"It's got VTOL! Well, STOL. And by L we mean wear your seatbelt."