Originally Posted by
Ascend Charlie
Oh, dear...it was a guess, but an uninformed one.
There ain't no such animal as LTE, as explained by multiple test pilots such as Nick Lappos and John Dixson over the years. Search for "Helicopter urban myths" on this site.
Demanding more from the tail rotor than it can produce is a more likely cause. Frank Robinson was a tail rotor expert and it is difficult to get into a situation like the one depicted without some significant mishandling.
Well, sorry but there is a thing called Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness. It is pretty real when the flex coupling fails in the R 44 TR Drive shaft. LTE is the effect, not the cause and that is accepted by everyone. Instead of arguing, how about we constructively try to fill the experience bag before the luck one runs out! More seasoned ones here can figure what happened, because we have all been there or close to it, too. Glad they are largely OK.