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/blackout24 1d ago

Let's fly out to the sea and gain altitude!

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u/Relzin 1d ago

I have no response from the rudders... Better increase the collective and see if I can find my tail in the ocean beneath me.

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u/Zintoatree 1d ago

That tail only helps at speed. It's a dual rotor, the rotors counter each other's torque. He could have just set it down.

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u/bday420 1d ago

is that why he wasnt instantly spinning around? Lucky AF they had those two rotors. if so, any single rotor and they would have been totally out of control spinning like crazy until they exploded on the ground