The Kopp-Etchells effect, caused by dust hitting the rotor blades

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image showing The Kopp-Etchells effect, caused by dust hitting the rotor blades

L-Malvo on December 17th, 2024 at 17:43 UTC »

New Dune movie looks awesome!

Tankerrex on December 17th, 2024 at 17:51 UTC »

Every aviation mechanic is gonna cry looking at this. They will have to perform NDI/NDT on every rotor blade and pray it's still air worthy. Otherwise it needs to be replaced, then man-hours are spent doing ground runs and function check flights to get back your rotor balance before it can be ready for missions

thedeuce75 on December 17th, 2024 at 18:53 UTC »

When I was in the Army, the only good thing about doing night training was seeing this through NODs.