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by Im Alec has abandoned this account on September 30th, 2007
No. There is a drive shaft running across the back of the aircraft from one engine nacelle to the other, so that the remaining engine would power both propellors/rotors. The same is true for the CH-47 and most other dual-engine helicopters: the rotors are geared together so that a single engine failure is not a disaster. (Otherwise why have two engines).
Why is it that 1 tail rotor is noisier compared to 2 tail rotors on a helicopter?
by Molotov on May 10th, 2010
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Have you seen these 9 photos of the world's first "Hotelicopter?" What do you think of it? Would you enjoying joining "The Mile-High Club" on it?
by Anonymous on May 1st, 2009
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What are the uses/reasons of the "spacing cable" fitted on the ALOUETTE helicopter?
by Moshepc on February 14th, 2009
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What is the smallest helicopter in the United States military?
by cp10225 on January 26th, 2012
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What is the average cost of owning private helicopter? With fuel, regular maintenance, and an on call pilot and all that?
by xxx on March 18th, 2009
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You're reading If the V-22 lost one of its two engine while it is in helicopter mode, will it spin out of control since it doesn't have a tail rotor?
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Interesting... but what if one propellor got shot off, there'd be no way to recover from that, right?
by Amorphous Blob on September 30th, 2007
Correct. The rotors are crucial. The same is true for all helis. Also, if the gear box joining the engines and rotors goes, as it did on a Chinook doing North Sea oil rig runs, you are equally dead.
by Im Alec has abandoned this account on September 30th, 2007