Great thread. Someone postulated earlier that Flare dammit/PPrune Fan #1 may be related to Paul Mekeks, but I have never seen Flare/Poo fan come close to that sort of, perhaps, maybe, admission of Nick's point of view (though he did in the end adhere ridgidly to his original position).
I wonder if Paul might answer the point made by Sawn Coyle on the first or second page: if DA is the overiding factor, how can engine output vary so much at the same DA but at different OAT?
(9000 ft -40C, 2000ft +40C, and avoid using aircraft hover/performace charts as they include aerodynamic reasons which ARE mass flow related).
Nick, other myths if I might:
"Blade stall causes the blade to suddenly fly down and chop the tail boom off"
"Centrifugal force keeps the blades from coning"
"Phase lag is cause by gyroscopic precession"
"LTE is when you run out of power pedal"
"Full CAT A is the most cost effective safety enhancement we can incorporate into new helicopters"
"NVG are dangerous and should only be used by gifted military pilots"
"Aeroplanes are fun to fly"
