Originally Posted by
SASless
Shy....perhaps you have not noticed....but there are wrong way turning Rotors in the USA along with the correct version.
Some of us are ambidextrous when it comes to Tail Rotor Systems over here.
Of course I'd noticed; the clue is in the words I wrote.
But surely you haven't forgotten a certain thread where "Lucky Left/ Rotten Right" seemed to be talked about far too often for those of us used to instructing tail rotor malfunctions on helicopters where that advice was 180 degrees out...
As I've been trying to emphasise for over thirty years now, the "lucky" side, when it comes to dealing with reduced tail rotor control, is the retreating blade side. Easier to remember in a crisis if your short term memory runs as far back as watching the MR blades during the last rotor start. If anyone else would like it explaining further once again, I'd be very happy to do so.