Hughes500,
I haven't read the Ga Tech report (I went there once upon a time).
I am responding to Lu's typical misguided polemic against Robinson, where he misquotes requirements, misunderstands basic design principles and hangs the guilty, as usual.
No helicopter that I know except Comanche can easily withstand this enormous pedal input and retain control or rotor structural integrity, and no helicopter is required to perform that maneuver. Teetering rotors will flap wildly, and will perhaps mast bump, with disasterous results. This includes all Hueys, robbies and the like. Lu's laser focus on Robinson is just part of his crusade.
Last edited by NickLappos; 28th Nov 2004 at 16:31.