stux⚡️Feb 28
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEFeb 28

@stux Too bloody right. I would never fly a helicopter - too many "Jesus bolts".

(Technical term for single point of failure such that if it breaks your only option is to call upon Jesus. A typical fixed wing aircraft has none; a typical helicopter has dozens.)

Show threadIngonymous
@TimWardCam @stux
"None" is not entirely true, the engines are sometimes mounted with only two bolts... If one of them breaks, the other one will probably decide to follow soon 😬
Feb 28 at 4:32pmMoshidon
Show threadglasspshrMar 1
@ingonymous @TimWardCam @stux thus twin engine planes
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEMar 1

@glasspusher @ingonymous @stux Yeah, I was thinking mostly about little aeroplanes, the type I'm likely to fly. With only one engine. And if that fails you've still got a (slightly crap) glider, and over East Anglia there's pretty well *always* a field you can reach.

So yes, a single point of failure, but one where you *do* have other options than to call upon Jesus, eg land in a field.