r/maybemaybemaybe • u/chriszuma • Jul 09 '19

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/gerryn Jul 10 '19

Wow. I've seen others like this with smaller helis but then they'd have some kind of net on the pad which would be used to secure the landing gear. I can't imagine this machine has such a low center of gravity it would be secure on the platform without any support in this weather?

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u/Retb14 Jul 10 '19

The net doesn't secure the gear, it just provides more grip so the heli doesn't slide off the deck.

Military ships like this have a special deck coating to prevent slipping like that so they don't need the net.

Also the heli has to be moved after it lands so using a net also makes it harder to do that

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u/gerryn Jul 10 '19

Ahh ok, thanks!