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Old 2nd September 2004 | 23:02
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rotorboy
 
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From: 1 deg south, avoiding Malaria P Falciparium
Oh, youll get lots of them in the future. Had a bunch in the Astar, the teflon wear where the pin comes up. They have a tendancy not to close all the way and like to pop open in flight. just kick her a little out of trim and slow it down. Its real hard to reach backand close sometimes.

Now the 500... they will come open alot... slow to 50-40 FRICTION DOWN COLLECTIVE , kick out of trim and reach over, slam, and push latch down.... ALLWAYS CHECK DOORS YOU DIDNT CLOSE YOURSELF in the the 500 before you depart....


you can close just about anything, friction the controls a little, if you kick the machine out of trim you wont be fighting the airflow, dont freak out, think a little

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