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Daily Cascade #1087027 added April 11, 2025 at 12:33pm
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On Helicopters
Prompt:
Sadly, there was another helicopter crash today in Manhattan. Have you flown in a helicopter? Do you think enough inspections are being done? Should the FAA make more rigid guidelines to reduce the amount of crashes?
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Yes, I have flown in a helicopter, several times, but those were the days when I was much younger and daring and we used to travel a lot. Nowadays, I won't set foot in a helicopter, unless I'm drowning in the middle of the ocean and a rescue helicopter is hovering above. Some of the helicopters, in those days, seated 6-8 people. The scariest one was a four-seater with open sides, but those were way back when.
As to the second and third questions, I don't know enough to have an opinion about helicopters and safety inspections and what the FAA does in its spare time, but then, everything can be made better and safer. The rule of thumb should be with anything: too many problems and crashes and such, it needs to be fixed.
The good thing about helicopters is that they can take off and land vertically, unlike airplanes. This allows them to land on just about anywhere without the need of much space. I think army helicopters must be better and stronger, and if they aren't, they should be.
I'm guessing, about the crashes that, maybe, the size and strength of the engine does not meet the requirements of the body of the helicopter and wind problems, and that might be why they crash. Also and again, maybe, when an engine fails in mid-air, if the helicopter pilot can switch to a second engine immediately, like the spare tire in the car, the losses wouldn't be this great and crashes so often.
I am sure, as it is, most helicopters today must have some kind of flight controls, and a few also have wings possibly for better stabilization. But, as I indicated earlier, I don't know enough about the subject and I've only tried to think this thing out.
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