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if you are going to get picky, thats not really without the main landing gear either.

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Occam's Razor suggests to me it was at least stuck to the plane's landing gear.

I don't doubt it -like every other atom of matter on, in, or under the surface of this planet- came from space. I just think it's currently viewed altitude was due to more terrestrial factors.

At 32 years old, I feel as though my mind is far to old and set in it's ways to truly maximize on this technology. I recon a six year old could fly with it though. ...flying. How about paper airplanes with working lights and retractable landing gear?

Well he was at that altitude, but kinda fast and with gear up. Someone on ll suggested invisible landing gear

The firing barrel is on the centerline though. I believe the whole gun was offset to make room for the front landing gear.

As for the recoil: http://what-if.xkcd.com/21/

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According to the pilot-in-command (PIC), he was performing autorotations at the lower part of the main rotor rpm green arc in part due to weight considerations. Upon entering the accident autorotation, he maintained an airspeed between 85-90 knots in the hope that extra speed would allow a more aggressive deceleration flare prior to touchdown, which should in turn further slow the rate of descent and forward speed. The helicopter's rate of descent was high, and as the PIC turned the helicopter onto the runway heading it was apparent to him that the rate of descent was excessive and that he was too low to execute either a proper deceleration flare or perform a power recovery. He attempted to level the helicopter as much as possible prior to impact to minimize the damage to the helicopter and prevent injury. The helicopter landed hard with the left skid contacting the runway first. The left skid collapsed, damaging the outboard landing gear damper attachment structure. The helicopter slid about 100 yards before coming to a stop. According to the manufacturer, the main rotor rpm range is 90 percent to 106.4 percent. At the helicopter's weight and the density altitude on the day of the accident, the main rotor rpm during the autorotation should have been above the 106.4 percent limit (red line), requiring the pilot to increase collective pitch to maintain the rotor rpm within limits. Performing autorotations at the lower part of the green arc provides less availability of rotor energy to perform an autorotation landing. The pilot should have recognized that he was not achieving the required main rotor rpm for the autorotations and terminated the maneuvers. The helicopter was within weight and balance limits.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate main rotor rpm during an autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing.

I'm a pilot, I know the rules and regulations. I thought I'd put that in my last reply, but it looks like I didn't. The PC-6 is designed to do this maneuver, and if it were dangerous it wouldn't be certified to do it.

The posted video and the one I linked to are doing the same thing, a rapid descent (also called emergency descent). Generally rapid descents call for slowing down to the safest operating speed with which the aircraft can fly with flaps and landing gear extended (it's usually marked on the airspeed indicator), bank into a 45° or greater turn and use pitch to keep the speed right at the max allowed speed. This is the fastest way to lose altitude without gaining excessive airspeed. Instead of using steep turns, the PC-6 uses its prop as a brake and can just descend at a steep angle without having to watch airspeed to avoid damaging flaps or gear by accidentally going too fast.

Powered paraglider sans para. He's got a lot of faith in those landing gear.

Interestingly enough though, if you watch till the very end of the credits of Aliens you hear the sound of an alien egg opening... as if one had been laid in the landing gear (or where ever it was the queen hid) of the dropship.

I realize full well it may have just been put in for the heck of it, but long before Alien 3 was released I was guessing that's what the sound effect represented. When Alien 3 came out I was like, 'Oh, hey..!'.

And yes, I actually kind of like Alien 3 (especially the work print cut). Alien 4 I can't even accept as happening in the Alien timeline.