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minus-squarebizarroland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·3 months agoIf the choice is between being out $1,590 or plummeting to my death in order to save a few hundred bucks, then I’ll just pay the $1,590. They call it the Jesus Nut for a reason.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·3 months agoThat’s what has me grinning! I’m not replacing a Jesus nut with anything that didn’t come straight from the manufacturer.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 months agoI’ve actually flown Robinson helicopters, and there’s no nut that looks like this on the helicopter. So, probably a joke.
minus-squaretux7350@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoYeah you just have to deal with mast bumping, as if thats any less worrying.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoMast bumping is such a gentle term for the main rotor just fucking off and the helicopter going from an aircraft to a falling object.
minus-squareRailing5132@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoYou’ve flown Robinson? Willingly? And lived? Brave soul.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoGood news is, that part ain’t getting off the ground. Bad news is, the rotor might get kinda fast first
If the choice is between being out $1,590 or plummeting to my death in order to save a few hundred bucks, then I’ll just pay the $1,590.
They call it the Jesus Nut for a reason.
That’s what has me grinning! I’m not replacing a Jesus nut with anything that didn’t come straight from the manufacturer.
I’ve actually flown Robinson helicopters, and there’s no nut that looks like this on the helicopter.
So, probably a joke.
Yeah you just have to deal with mast bumping, as if thats any less worrying.
Mast bumping is such a gentle term for the main rotor just fucking off and the helicopter going from an aircraft to a falling object.
You’ve flown Robinson?
Willingly?
And lived? Brave soul.
Good news is, that part ain’t getting off the ground. Bad news is, the rotor might get kinda fast first