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jldugger on July 14, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook hel...

Yea, autogyro (which I only know about due to this vid[1]) sounds like the answer to OP's question, but that would not (and clearly _did not) save this Chinook from what happened.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiTuwQGImNo

jaclaz on July 14, 2023 [–]

The autogyro is a type of airplane:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogyro

You mean autorotation, I believe:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation

jldugger on July 14, 2023 | [–]

Ah, yea.

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