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Old 17th Oct 2000, 18:59
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Uncle joe's mintballs
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Tiltrotor

Thanks for your comments.The big difference between having 30 years flying fixed wing and a novice at helicopters is in fixed wing during engine failure/stalls the nose is pushed down to increase airspeed and obtain optimum glide speed wheras in the hlicopter the airspeed is brought back by raising the nose to achieve 65kts.
I am quite capable of doing this reversal
even though I am old and decrepid!!
I cannot see the logic in disuading pilots not to practice solo engine failures when they may need to react one day to the real thing.
Other than changing the rigging on the r22,and I may hire a different one each time,how do you stop the revs dropping below 90%??
Methinks some balast under the pax seat is the only answer.
Thanks for the help anyway.