Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoTIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animalswww.peepultree.worldexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1456
arrow-up1456external-linkTIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animalswww.peepultree.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·20 days agoFuck aerodynamics that is why
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·19 days agoIt’s a helicopter, it’s not like it glides nicely through the air anyways; it beats the air into submission
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·19 days agoHelicopters are famously safe to fly and operate with random non functional bits attached.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·19 days agoA reasonable concern, but consider the upside: we can call them Elecopters.
Fuck aerodynamics that is why
It’s a helicopter, it’s not like it glides nicely through the air anyways; it beats the air into submission
Helicopters are famously safe to fly and operate with random non functional bits attached.
A reasonable concern, but consider the upside: we can call them Elecopters.
fair enough