Those old Korean war era choppers with the stretchers out in the wind and bubble over your face weren't so swell either. Not to mention the drive system was a v belt. First choppers in the Navy were using wooden main rotors, had to be some pretty tough wood but then the torque wasn't so great back then.
serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces conducts artillery reconnaissance of the enemy using a copter near the line of contact in the Kharkiv region, August 2022. Viktor Antonyuk/RIA Novosti
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