Originally Posted by
Robbiee
If I recall correctly, the R22's tailrotor spins in the "less effective direction" because the gearbox needed to spin it the other way would have been too big and heavy. The R44 on the other hand, does spin the other way.
Yes, Tim Tucker mentions this during the Robinson safety course, along with the length limitations on the first R22 tail rotor blades - they couldn't be any longer than the width of Frank's kitchen oven!