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Old 1st Mar 2022, 06:29
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paco
 
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There speaks the voice of experience! I would add that the official rotor blade covers are a royal pain to remove if they get frozen on to the blades - they are too long to get your arm up inside to loosen them. I found old parachutes over the blades and tailboom to be much more practical as a cover. Also, silly things like parking the nose to the East where the Sun comes up (if you can) helps to clear the windscreen.

Had a LongRanger with a sticky N1 gauge which didn't like working when it was very cold and would only come alive when things started spinning - 15% is when the blades start turning just on battery power.
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