Originally Posted by
aa777888
There is plenty of tail rotor authority in the 22
What were the conditions when you had your "LTE" experience?
Great reference paper aa77788.
I think my LTE/unanticipated yaw experience can firmly be placed in the poor aircraft management category as opposed to lack of inherent tail rotor authority. In strong laminar wind I made a lazy clearing turn with right pedal turn and presented the tail rotor directly into wind, with entirely predictable results. Whether there would have been enough authority to reverse the problem is moot, as the first 90 degrees were through so fast, it was clear that a continued turn back into wind was the easiest solution.
The moral of the story was be aware of aircraft limitations and don’t fly daft. I say aircraft limitations because many larger aircraft would have tolerated the same winds without the sudden snap. TR authority is, necessarily related to the aircraft‘s mass and the R22 is a light helicopter.