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23rd Jan 2004, 07:56

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Dupre

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Look Ma, No hands...

Hi All,

I was doing some work next to a busy city helicopter pad yesterday (Mechanics Bay, Auckland) and noticed a lot of the pilots would land, and take their hands off the cyclic while the rotor was still going like the clappers.

I've only had one lesson in an R22, but surely there'd be a risk of the thing tipping over - or do the big boys flying turbine equipment (BK-117s, AS350s etc) have an automatic disc leveller or something?

Cheers,

Dupre.

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