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Old 8th Feb 2006, 17:58
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It seems to be quite a common problem with this operator. A few years ago there was a still image of a similar scenario with the Austrian EMS EC135 at even steeper angle tail first down the embankment of a road. Not sure how that was recovered.
At the time the image was strictly not for publication - too embarassing I guess - just one to secretly whistle over.
Now times have moved on and there is less twitchiness about any suggestion of c of g 'problems' associated with that giant bit of structure around the fenestron.
It does make you wonder if c o g issues are a hidden reason for both Agusta and Bell not taking up with the fan-in-tail after the trials they undertook. The public version is that they did not want to used the design because it was associated with EC ..... it never worried them that Sikorky used a conventional t/r.
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