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Old 7th Mar 2019, 23:02
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Innocent question from fixed wing PPL who has had the odd pole around in an R-22 and even made a miserable attempt or two at hovering.
Is it possible to have a non-teetering two bladed main rotor?
If so, if Robinson wanted to change to that kind of rotor - would it require a fundamental re-design of the aircraft?
Rather than them simply being ****e - I thought the high rate of crashes in Robbies was due to a machine that was originally designed pretty much for point to point commuter type flying - being used by pilots in quite aggressive flight regimes - like hunting or stock herding at low level - which it's not suited to.
Low G flight, hard sharp turns or rapid reversals of direction etc.
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