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What is the darkly hilarious nickname mechanics use for the single component holding a helicopter’s rotor to the mast?

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What is the darkly hilarious nickname mechanics use for the single component holding a helicopter’s rotor to the mast?

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What is the darkly hilarious nickname mechanics use for the single component holding a helicopter’s rotor to the mast?
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