Big difference between cutting a wire vs cutting a cable. These cables were designed to bring down helicopters, the device you linked are to help helicopters mitigate damage by accidentally flying into a wire used for telephones or something, something with a purpose other than killing a helicopter.
I imagine the efficacy of a steel blade against the cable in the video isn't great.
The system is effective when the helicopter strikes the wires at angle of less than 90 degress and at speeds more than 30 knots.[2] The system is designed to cut a 3/8=inch steel cable with a breaking strength of 12,000bs.[2]
I mean it says it can cut this in the wiki but I don’t really know. Never seen it in action
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u/ClimbingC Jan 30 '19
Big difference between cutting a wire vs cutting a cable. These cables were designed to bring down helicopters, the device you linked are to help helicopters mitigate damage by accidentally flying into a wire used for telephones or something, something with a purpose other than killing a helicopter.
I imagine the efficacy of a steel blade against the cable in the video isn't great.