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OftenBen · 3147 days ago · link · · parent · post: Airbus patents "what could become the fastest helicopter in the world"
This clicked for me when I learned about autorotation. As a child I thought that the whole premise of helicopters was 'Yeah you can go pretty much anywhere but if that engine fails you're dead.'Helicopters are more like planes than most people think.