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An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house" (www.motherjones.com)
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Cool...

This one goes out to all the small government, privacy loving, Republicans out there, supposedly hating invasive big brother tactics and representing the values of the American heartland.

Would be much appreciated if you could have a word with your people about this.

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[โ€“] tamman2000@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Are you a helicopter pilot? I thought you rotated with power out, just not as fast as you would without the tail rotor. I could be wrong... I only worked on the engines and used them as a passenger. I've only flown sail planes...

[โ€“] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 days ago

I worked as licensed body and engine maintenance and ground crew, and gone on maintenance and transfer flights. Basically autorotation is like on planes, when engines crap out you glide and aim to do an emergency landing, since the rotor isn't a big fan, it's a rotating wing. While descending, the rotor spins and allows the gliding while slowing down the fall, like maple seeds; when near the ground the pilot can use the residual rotation energy to make a soft landing, like you said.