Jesus Bolts

What is Jesus Bolts?


1.

The "jesus bolts" are the small, high-tensile bolts that attach the rotor pitch control push rods to the swash plateon a helicopter.

If one of these bolts fails, then one of the 'copter's rotors will be decoupled from the cyclic/collective pitch control, which is generally thought of as a Bad Thing; they are so called because if you've led a good life, afther the failure Jesus is the next person you meet.

See also zero survivability incident

Pilot: "Is this thing good to go ?"

Engineer: "Yeah, we even gave you new Jesus Bolts !"

Pilot: "Gee, thanks."

See helicopter, crash, risk, danger, jesus, bad, metal, fatigue, stress, fracture


65

Random Words:

1. Is a sister much like an evil step sister that you get pasella when you marry the idiotthat you thought was the love of your life but i..
1. Something that appears to be as if one was on acid. Something trippy looking. That picture is trippy looking. It is rather acidic. S..
1. Egocentric, self-centered, inconsiderate, ignorant, charlatan, loudmouth. Someone who thinks they know what's right for everyone, ..