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Old 15th Mar 2005, 09:19
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212man
 
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Hear, hear!

It will be interesting to see how the 76D has progressed. I recently had a chance to look at an S-92 FLM and was surprised to see reference to the fact that if the nosewheel isn't centred it may jam on retraction. The 76 has had that problem for nearly 30 years; don't you think they could have addressed that? Eurocopter use a micro switch to inhibit retraction if the nose wheel isn't centred! There was also reference to the pilot having to set the Nr after start and to avoid certain N2 ranges (again, like the 76); isn't that what FADEC should be doing?
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