Originally Posted by
Robbiee
That video seemed less about disproving the existence of LTE and more about the pilots just not putting in enough left pedal to stop it. I think?,..I was having trouble following him.
That's not correct. The video is quite hard to follow given the English-as-second-language challenges. The paper suffers less from that. You are encouraged to read the paper at the link posted earlier in the thread.
Anyway, I remember once during my commercial training back in '06, while in a hover the instructor jammed in the right pedal and I was to react by chopping the throttle. I did, the yaw stopped and we set down.
I don't recall this guy mentioning that as an option?
The intent of his research was to show that LTE as many pilots currently understand it is, if not a myth, substantially misunderstood, and that under all conditions associated with certified designs sufficient tail rotor thrust can be developed to stop the rotation. While reducing torque is one way to assist the resolution of unanticipated yaw, it is not always an option available depending upon phase of flight, nor necessarily the best option. Also, one should not confuse responses to a stuck pedal or tail rotor failure with that suitable for unanticipated yaw.