Helicopter Facts...!!

Helicopter Facts...!!



If the engine stops, the
helicopter rotor continues to
spin allowing the machine to
slowly land,generally without
crashing to the ground.

Helicopters are safest to fly in
bad weather because they can
slow down, stop and/or fly
backwards or sideways. Over 3 million lives have been
saved by helicopters in both
peace time and war time
operations since the first person
was rescued from the sea
in 1944.
There are more than 11,000 civil
helicopters operating just in the
U.S.and more than 15,000 civil
helicopters operating in more
than 157 other countries around
the world.

If you include military helicopters
it is estimated that there are
more than 45,000 operating
worldwide.

Helicopters can be flown across
oceans if additional fuel is made
available or in-flight refueling is
employed.

The Jesus nut that holds the
main rotor to the shaft got its
name because pilots said, “Oh
Jesus, if that nut comes off…”.

The fastest helicopter is the
WestlandLynx, which flew at 402
km/h on 6 August 1986.

The biggest helicopter was the
Russian Mil Mi-12 Homer of 1968
which could lift 40,204 kg up to
2255m.