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Old 2nd Sep 2004, 14:35
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rjsquirrel
 
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Pprune fan,
Notwithstanding the video (which could have been experienced by any helicopter anywhere if the rotor rpm is pulled low enought) the vast vast vast majority of "LTE" accidents are in Bell 206, because that heli has a tail rotor that is just too small. Bell invented the term LTE as a clever way to make the problem universal, and therefore not theirs! It is far easer to take out the rubber stamp that says "Pilot Error" than it is to fix the helicopter.

Someone in pprune once posted an accident summary that showed that 95% of all LTE occurred in Jetrangers.

Note Shawn Coyle's comment that the Bell 206 hover weight is actually limited not by power, but by its tiny tail rotor!

LTE = NETR
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