Originally Posted by
Non-PC Plod
Hmm.... Be interesting to know what regulation you think would ensure a safe profile to get out of a football stadium with a tail rotor failure! Somehow ,I dont think you can avoid exposure to a low speed/high torque environment.
You are obviously correct, however the profile used was designed to mitigate a one of two engines failing, but increases the exposure time on the absolute dependance of the one and only tail rotor. I can't help but think a diagonal forward acceleration from the far downwind corner and a zoom climb at the upwind corner would have resulted in less exposure time and less stress to the tail rotor. This obviously puts more reliance on the engines, but they are very reliable these days and there are two of them!