Wait until the general public learns about the tech behind most of the currently fielded smoke detectors.
Also, this has long-since been obviated with active acoustic/vibration detection in modern rotor drive-trains.
All that said, every registered civilian and military chopper has high duty-cycle manual inspection of rotor blades too. They use both their Mark I eye-balls and ultrasonic transducers.
Also, this has long-since been obviated with active acoustic/vibration detection in modern rotor drive-trains.
All that said, every registered civilian and military chopper has high duty-cycle manual inspection of rotor blades too. They use both their Mark I eye-balls and ultrasonic transducers.