Originally Posted by
Reely340
Thus an R44 governor has to work "against" either too strong a throttle friction setting or too strong a pilot's grip (or both).
There is no throttle friction in a Robbie.
Originally Posted by
Reely340
Clearly pilot error, but I'd encourage Robinson to come up with an enhanced "split- throttle grip" design where the pilot's hand normally would grip a section that is non-turning ("pitch only")
and only a small section of the grip's length - say the final two inches compose the actual, twisting throttle function - normally operated by the governor, and undisturbed by the pilots hand.
In case of emergency the pilot's hand would slide forward and overpower the governor. Is that idea feasible? Does such enhancement already exist?
Sounds like a good idea. GUIMBAL does it that way.