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Old 27th Sep 2018, 08:48
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ShyTorque

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Originally Posted by Q-SKI
Remember the method well, it was still more reliable than the infernal rotor tune box that followed! Any one remember BIM’s as well?
I remember getting many false "BIM" captions - and one very notable one which wasn't false...we were extremely lucky that blade didn't fracture - only the front part of the main D spar was left and "on it's way"; everything else aft of that was cracked through.
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