Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
So did the RAF. From what I experienced, for many years too little thought was put into the subject. When we first began using a capable simulator for tail rotor control malfunctions, rather than the “more simple” tail rotor drive failures, the learning curve was steep. It was a startling revelation.
Yes, in the sim you could save a Lynx from a TRDS failure in the cruise enough to choose when to enter into autorotation. Whether it would work in real life??