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Old 6th Nov 2020, 09:27
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EC130 tail rotor drive shaft spins at 6000 rpm, perhaps its Fenestron likes that input speed as it itself turns at 3584 rpm.

Going the other way, the MGB uses epicyclic gears which are very good at converting all that rotational energy into mast torque.
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