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11th Oct 2022, 10:44

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skadi

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The old BK-117 was equipped with a small foam insert at the vertical stabilizers to minimize the damage in case of a rotorblade strike ( SB-MBB-BK-30-103 from 1990 ) which could occure in heavy gusts during startup.

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