Planes can glide in case of engine failures, something FAR easier than a successful autorotation... Of course they still need a place to glide to the ground, gliding capacity of a typical plane it's not those of a glider, but even if a chopper successfully autorotate finding a reachable place it's not simpler, the range around is far, far shorter than a high altitude gliding airplane. Also wings are fixed passive stu…
What's that saying? "A helicopter is 10,000 parts flying in close formation around an oil leak."
Ehm, sorry I do not understand, maybe it's my limited English but I do not get what you are saying...
Well, that’s certainly one way of saying you don’t understand things. Helicopters are, arguably, safer than fixed wing aircraft, simply because they can autorotate down to a soft landing from a complete engine failure and with loss of forward velocity. They’re also by nature VTOL, so you can more or less put them down on any flat surface big enough, while a fixed wing always requires a long enough path to lose energy…
Planes can glide in case of engine failures, something FAR easier than a successful autorotation... Of course they still need a place to glide to the ground, gliding capacity of a typical plane it's not those of a glider, but even if a chopper successfully autorotate finding a reachable place it's not simpler, the range around is far, far shorter than a high altitude gliding airplane. Also wings are fixed passive stu…
A fixed wing aircraft that loses power is automatically a glider, and a helicopter that loses power is automatically autorotating, what you’re talking about is successfully walking away from the resulting landing. Well, assuming loss of all engine power without the possibility of restart or the contribution of any secondary or emergency power systems, where the pilot’s ability to balance lift with gravity is the only concern, then I’d definitely take my chances in an autorotating commercial helicopter over a gliding commercial jet of the same weight and passenger count and starting at the same height and potential energy state over the same city any day.