Henry J Cobb wrote:
Vince wrote:
Henry J Cobb wrote:
How many existing helos can glide to a landing?

essentially all of them

That is what auto rotation means

Yes, but how many can do that once they've lost a rotor blade?

-HJC

The question was looking at the problem of fine dust causing precision
systems to fail.. That's not the same as losing a rotor blade..

Most helicopters (It might even be a design requirement) can auto-rotate
if the engine(s) fail. The V-22 can't...

I doubt any V-22 can land shy of a rotor blade. As for a helicopter.. I
guess it might depend on how many the helicopter had to start with, how
heavy the helicopter and load is...