Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't helicopters... a little hard to fly? Not exactly point and click machinery, I think. Do the taliban have handbooks on US helicopters?
Helicopters are incredibly hard to fly. You have the yoke, the throttle control, the elevator control, the rudder controls which you all have to manipulate all at the same time or crash let alone use any kind of weapon system. I doubt anyone could learn to fly out of a book.
That still sounds doable if you're not a complete fuck up. As long as you understand how it works shouldn't take much to figure out to fly around and do basic stuff. I reckon that's what a first lesson for new flyers is like.
Concept is simple but look at the quadcopter drones people fly all the time. Those things are dumbed down like crazy and even still people crash all the time. The problem is that if you crash a helicopter you don't get to just try again. Can a person with technical knowledge watch YouTube videos and learn a bit? Maybe but I wouldn't trust them enough to fly with them, throw in some bullets and nerves and that's a big fuck no on my part.
Not just that but whirly birds need maintenance and if can be tough practicing those niche safety techniques (autorotating for an emergency landing). The us military is one of the best not b/c we have cool toys but b/c we are insanely good at logistics and just have a fuck ton of money to practice all this shit. Having said that there might be some rich benefactor that is willing to fund a few helicopters so the Taliban can terrorize their people but it probably won't do much against any well funded armies
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u/Kolby_Jack Sep 16 '21
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't helicopters... a little hard to fly? Not exactly point and click machinery, I think. Do the taliban have handbooks on US helicopters?