Ni Nick,
You said,
Originally Posted by NickLappos
....In fact, I know of no tail rotor helo that can do so, period. The fenestron birds have enough tail feathers to let you fly home if light, at least one USCG dolphin has done so.
I think the Eurocopter AS350 can sustain cruise with a completley stopped tailrotor. I saw a video once of a AS350 landing on a runway in the southern states a few years back at about 80 miles an hour. I was told he even managed to do a couple approaches.
Does anyone have that video??
Later,
bb