User talk:Cryptonous

Common Helicopter Myths
Myth 1 - If the engine to a helicopter fails you will fall out of the sky. When the engine of a helicopter fails the pilot initiates a decent which is controlled. The airflow through the rotors due to the descent allows the rotors to keep spinning. Myth 2 - Helicopters produce lift my increasing the RPM of the main rotors. To generate lift helicopters are able to change the angle of the main rotor blades increasing the angle of attack and creating lift. Myth 3 - Flying a helicopter is extremely hard. Anybody in the world could learn how to fly a helicopter even with a little amount of instruction. Myth 4 - Helicopters are extremely dangerous. Helicopters have similar accident statistics to fixed wing aircraft. Often, causes to helicopter accidents are pilot error rather than mechanical failure.