Automatic gearboxes fail too often on the road, without much warning, for me to want one in a chopper. At least if a fixed wing engine fails you can attempt to glide.
Giles Robertson -----Original Message----- From: Ampere K. Hardraade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 September 2004 23:15 To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] next release - ac that don't work Not if the helicopter uses an automatic transmission. =P Ampere On September 12, 2004 12:35 pm, Martin Spott wrote: > BTW, isn't this totally irrealistic ? I've never seen a helicopter > clutching the rotor with engines at full speed - I assume this would > break the whole transmission at once ! _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
