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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Yes, every chopper pilot has to do an unpowered descent and landing as part of pilot training and getting a licence so running out of fuel or an engine stopping shouldn't have been the cause. That's why I would tend to think of drivetrain problems.
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They need to an annual line check with the training pilot to ensure they are up to standard and during this flight they need to do an unpowered autorotation descent as part of the test. Is very scary to be in the helicopter when they do this even when you know they have planned to do this and the engines are idling and can be run up to full power if needed when doing this landing, is basically a controlled crash