Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
That's no differant than a car on a highway trip...70% cruising in high gear but what about the other 30% starting and stopping? A helicopter can easily remain a constant RPM from take off to landing but that would be kinda difficult in a plane, pretty sure any passengers would have a heart attack if that was tried ...BUT then again most people i've met from NYC drive like that, as if the gas and brake are on-off switches and there is no in-between.
gotcha, and for the record I don't know **** about helo's, just wings...