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25th March 2004 | 17:31

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CJ Eliassen

Joined: Aug 2003

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From: Colorado

No overspeed would occur. The governor will snap the throttle shut faster than you could ever react and the RPM wouldn't jump up very high.

Same thing with a belt failure. The rotor RPM starts dropping, but engine RPM remains the same.