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Old 3rd Dec 2004, 11:33
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Reading about the accident involving a hard right turn near the ground....and being unable to stop the roll and for sure probably not wanting to reduce collective at that point....a question arises.

The BO-105 and BK-117 have a similar trait in that situation....one can run out of cyclic authority if a high roll rate occurs.....the recovery is to apply "full" opposite pedal.....fully and quickly...."stomp" was the word used but something slightly short of that seemed to work during demos.

Adequate control is quickly gained and as the nose pitches up to level or more....then the collective can be lowered and cyclic authority is regained.

Just a thought!
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