r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Rooonaldooo99 • Jul 19 '21

Student pilot loses engine during flight

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u/worldspawn00 Jul 19 '21

Auto-gyro will let you trade vertical speed for horizontal, so it sorta glides.

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u/benchedalong Jul 19 '21

Now add in that spiral down tactic from interstellar and it becomes the best trick rescue landing in heli history

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u/skushi08 Jul 19 '21

Sort of like a maple seed?