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Old 1st Nov 2020, 10:48
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It's not normally a problem of the airframe being able to handle the g it is usually having enough power to sustain it - you are doubling the weight of the helicopter in a 60 deg bank turn - 2g - and many can only manage it by reducing speed in the turn as they go.
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