Originally Posted by
Rotorbee
That is, because LTE is mostly a Bell problem, it seams. Apparently, I could be wrong here, the first 206' had a very weak tail rotor. Later models hat less problems.
You can get a vortex around your tail rotor in a tail wind, that swaps you around. Even in a Robinson. Frank was a master of the tail rotor, and Robinson helicopters have very good tail rotor authority. Even so, you can get in trouble in a tail wind, but with a slight wiggle on the cyclic, you can fix that (my own experience). Everything with a normal tail rotor from Airbus, has reportedly very good tail rotor authority. The rumor is, that only Bell pilots experience LTE and Bell invented the term.
LTE is one of those things that teaches us that different wind angles can require more attention on our part. Besides, it doesn't matter how awesome your tail rotor is, if your feet are alseep on the pedals. Just as it doesn't matter how much extra power your fancy French chopper has, if you wait too long to use it.