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Offline Ragwing

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Helicopter Drop Test
« on: February 25, 2015, 06:36:01 PM »
This crash test of a small, lightweight helicopter at Langley Research Center was a smashing success, literally—just as NASA engineers had predicted.

http://www.asminternational.org/news/videos/-/journal_content/56/10180/23525786/VIDEO;jsessionid=F5C1B370CE1B81C60E367F4357A5E5FC?p_p_id=webcontentresults_WAR_webcontentsearchportlet_INSTANCE_QQTZ8ZZRTZAv&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_pos=4&p_p_col_count=5

NASA could have saved a lot of funds by simply hiring Chuck...
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Re: Helicopter Drop Test
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2015, 07:41:22 PM »
Have to ask this.......................did the dummies survive?
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Re: Helicopter Drop Test
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2015, 08:09:08 PM »
in the helicopter world we say:
If you have to go crashing a helicopter, ... do it in a Hughes 500...

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