Jayteeto,
Absolutely agree, you probably missed however, this Lu started a thread name "18 degrees Ask Nick Lappos the ultimate arbitration".
Lu has been bashing the R 22 design for a while, he asked Nick Lappos a highly regarded Sikorsky Test Pilot his opinion, eventually Nick got his point across, but as usual, Lu had to throw in his two cents back, at which point Lu started a slanging match because Nick did not agree, like we all, don't agree that the R-22 is "dangerous". Lu started a thread that went to about 100 posts and Lu decided to remove it, because of the caning he copped I supect, however Lu is still active telling all of us helo pilots that all we know about aerodynamics is really precession, and other "theories".
Go to his old posts, and you will make a judgement probably like the rest of us.
[ 09 August 2001: Message edited by: sling load ]