cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-22 months agoWhat would happen if a helicopter/chopper chops a power line, does the helicopter get electrocuted to death?message-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down13
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen if a helicopter/chopper chops a power line, does the helicopter get electrocuted to death?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-22 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareForester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoIf the helicopters rotors touch the line, then the helicopters rotors likely explode violently as the centrifugal force rips them apart. They are made of laminated synthetic materials like carbon fiber or vinyl and the crew falls to their deaths.
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI actually thought more or less the same, until I watched this the other day: https://youtu.be/CiDqNRdxTO0 Those rotors can take a quite a beating and not even flinch…
If the helicopters rotors touch the line, then the helicopters rotors likely explode violently as the centrifugal force rips them apart. They are made of laminated synthetic materials like carbon fiber or vinyl and the crew falls to their deaths.
I actually thought more or less the same, until I watched this the other day:
https://youtu.be/CiDqNRdxTO0
Those rotors can take a quite a beating and not even flinch…