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Originally Posted by mrthumbs
id be terrified.. with a plane (yes, terrified for those too) with engine failure you can at least float and make a soft landing.
With helicopter engine failure there is NO backup and imagine the death.. spinning spinning spinning.. no way youre getting me in one of those things
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no, helicopter (and gyrocopter) blades keep spinning when engine quits, and can safely land using autorotation.
as long as there is sufficient altitude to get autorotation going (300-500 ft depending on model) they are much safer than airplane.
the danger zone is only in very low altitude.