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Old 12th Oct 2005, 20:05
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Low G

This got to be a classic.

The topic of low G especially in connection with R22 has been many times covered. From a scientific view point I posted several months ago the results of a very deep mathematical model that shows what happens if G comes below 0,5 on a R44-I.
My conclusion : Trust the safety notice : first load the disk by the collective to give it any 'inertial' authority on the body before attempting to do anything with the cyclic.
My suggestion : avoid any low G in theetering rotors. Simple if that means to avoid pilot introduced low-G. A bit more complicated to deal with down-draft induced low-G's.

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