Originally Posted by
bluesideoops
Could a gearbox failure stop the tailrotor causing a massive uncontrollable yaw to the left? (any B206 pilots can confirm this?).
When you are humming along at 80-100kts and there is a sudden loss of drive to the trail rotor that does not result in a massive uncontrollable yaw. In forward flight you have a lot of vertical hardware hanging off the206L tail boom to give you some directional control. Lower the collective lever to reduce the torque in the rotor system and you're back in business with a fighting chance. Yaw to the
left with loss of drive to the tail rotor in the 206?