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Old 5th Dec 2004, 21:13
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MightyGem
 
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How's this for TR jammed in low power, ie cruise. I've tried it in the simulator and it seems to work well.

Start to reduce speed, at some point the nose will start to yaw right(non French rotors). Set up an approach at this speed. The reduction in power for the descent will help. When happy with the approach, retard one engine to idle or shut it down. Maintain the speed all the way down. At the landing point flare off the speed. The reduction of power to more or less zero will stop the nose going right, it may indeed swing slighty left. As the speed decays to zero, start pulling in power to establish a hover, roll off the throttle on the remaining engine or get the second crew (or well briefed pax ) to retard the roof quadrant, and cushion the touchdown.

As I said, it works well in the sim and may be preferable to a double engine off landing.
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