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Old 15th Mar 2019, 14:38
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Originally Posted by paco
If it helps, I think it's worth pointing out that the only force for sideways movement in a teetering head (or, more technically, zero offset) is the horizontal component of TRT, meaning that if you have no thrust/lift or whatever you want to call it, you cannot move the helicopter anyway. That's the inherent danger mentioned above. Hence, keep the disc loaded.

Phil
I.E You end up moving the disc, but not the fuselage?
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