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To: lodi90

“The wrong part breaks on a helicopter and its straight down like a rock with basically no hope of survival.”

Military aircraft mechanics used to call it the “Jesus nut” it was one of those critical fasteners that held the blade assembly on.


15 posted on 01/18/2023 4:40:16 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: Clutch Martin
Military aircraft mechanics used to call it the “Jesus nut” it was one of those critical fasteners that held the blade assembly on.

Actually, the 'Jesus Nut' holds the rotor head on, not the individual blades.

31 posted on 01/18/2023 7:03:24 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump WON!!! He will win 2024!)
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