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Old 10th Oct 2022, 07:31
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So instead of bouncing it, the nose of the skids dug in - you still get tail coming up and cyclic coming back at low Nr.

I used to put one hand behind the cyclic as a block when teaching new instructors EOLs - if the run on is fast or bouncy, the natural reaction is to pull the cyclic back.
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