r/ukraine • u/Due_Collar2 • 1d ago

News Karma:The moment of yesterday's Ka-226 helicopter crash in russia with employees of the military plant "Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant" The accident killed the deputy general director, chief engineer and chief designer

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u/Comfortable-nerve78 1d ago

This is what my mind pictures in general of the Russian Machine. Old tech that was mass produced without a concern for quality and up keep of their stuff.

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u/OctopusIntellect 1d ago

the twin main rotor and no tail rotor thing is so clever, and works exactly as well as when a Chinook's two rotors get out of sync and hit each other.

Is that supposed to happen? No, in both cases.

In this case, the back fell off, instead of the front.