Originally Posted by
joe_bloggs
This immediately brought back Frank Robinson’s words when I was fortunate enough to attend a Factory Safety course quite some years ago. He asked for questions and I enquired about the doors off speed limit… oh… he said…pausing… thats’s the lawyers!
You see, if the door is off and you stick your arm out you might get injured.
So it was decided, to minimise claim risk, speed would be limited for door/s off.
(No aerodynamic or structural reasons)
,....but if you stick your arm out at 99 kts (or at 100 kts in the R22) you'll be just fine!
