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minus-square@reddithalation@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years agoheres the wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasecki_PA-97_Helistat
minus-squaresubversive_devlinkfedilinkEnglish17•edit-22 years agoTL;DR: Build quality was absolute shit and it literally shook itself apart on takeoff, killing 1 pilot and injuring 4 others Skipping the tethered test flight was criminal negligence
minus-square@curiousaur@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoImagine being a test pilot and that’s what takes you out.
minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink4•2 years agoEven the effective aircraft can be dangerous as fuck. More pilots died on training flights with the Sopwith Camel (one of the most combat effective planes of WW1) than died in combat.
heres the wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasecki_PA-97_Helistat
TL;DR: Build quality was absolute shit and it literally shook itself apart on takeoff, killing 1 pilot and injuring 4 others
Skipping the tethered test flight was criminal negligence
Imagine being a test pilot and that’s what takes you out.
Even the effective aircraft can be dangerous as fuck.
More pilots died on training flights with the Sopwith Camel (one of the most combat effective planes of WW1) than died in combat.