gli77 Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Hi everyone, Does anyone know where I can find some stats on rotary wing crashes/incidents vs fixed wing? At the moment I am working on fixed wing and getting beat up by my fixed wing colleagues over how "dangerous" helicopters are. I figure watching the autopilot take you to 35 000 ft and bring you back down 10 hours later doesn't really compare with helicopter operations. Anyone's opinion or story on this subject would be most welcome. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T tail Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 "I figure watching the autopilot take you to 35 000 ft and bring you back down 10 hours later doesn't really compare with helicopter operations." That pretty much sums it up !!!! Cheers TT How you do that quote thing ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Yep. thatll do it. Doin my FW PPL right now, all the commercial guys think im crazy for wanting to be a RW Pilot. although, I did have a 220' landing the other day, almost vertical :up: Cole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volition Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 The fighter pilots prayer..........“Lord, I pray for the eyes of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the balls of a combat helicopter pilot.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Hawk Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 I read a safety column the other day by Nick Lappos, I think it was in Heliops magazine that sums this F/W vs R/W up perfectly. Good luck finding it on the web though, a quick search turned up nothing. If someone can find Nicks column and post it I think most R/W pilots will agree that he has "hit the nail on the head" gli77 If you want to be a pilot go R/W, if you want to be a flight manager stick with F/W, unless you fly floats but the pay sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Tell your FW buddies this little nugget... The Bell 206 JetRanger is the safest single engine aircraft in history. This comes by way of number of crashes per cycle (take-offs and landings). I used to be the same as your FW buddies many years ago thinking helicopters were suicide machines. Knowing now what I do about FWs and helicopters... it's the airplanes that wig me out. Get the heebie-geebies on all of em no matter the plane's size. As far as stats on crashes, I wouldn't bother. Some folks have it in their head that helicopters are death machines no matter what you tell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfly Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Does anyone know where I can find some stats ... "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" If you only had a 100' x 100' "landing" site to work with following an engine failure, which aircraft would you rather be in? Helicopters are not terribly efficient for long distance, high-speed, above-the weather transport. A fixed-wing can land in a confined area, but only ONCE! :shock: These "discussions" are usually bred of ignorance. Sometimes some of that can be resolved by introducing the uninitiated to the 'other' pleasures of flight. How you do that quote thing ?? Hit the "REPLY button T tail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuce bigalow Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Hi everyone, Does anyone know where I can find some stats on rotary wing crashes/incidents vs fixed wing? At the moment I am working on fixed wing and getting beat up by my fixed wing colleagues over how "dangerous" helicopters are. I figure watching the autopilot take you to 35 000 ft and bring you back down 10 hours later doesn't really compare with helicopter operations. Anyone's opinion or story on this subject would be most welcome. Thanks, Helicopters crash more but the crashes are more survivable. I rather have my crash at walking speed then 180 knots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINI Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Oh Deuce. What the **** do you know anyway.Now go back and finish that beer and where are my ribs damit.. :up: Cheers Mini...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212wrench Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 wouldn't it be great if we could compare them and they both were zero? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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