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Old 7th Dec 2018, 22:01
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Originally Posted by ShyTorque
If the cabin rotates at 130 rpm, this will result in a net loss of 130 rotor rpm. This would almost certainly result in the same outcome - it is a loss of almost half the rotor rpm needed to sustain lift and the integrity of the disc would probably be lost, especially as the aircraft would be descending at a high rate.
Out of interest where does the 130rpm come from?
The only other time I've seen data from an event like this it was about 120 deg/sec.
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