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Old 27th March 2006 | 01:36
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autosync
 
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Assuming you are talking about an Anti clockwise spinning rotor.
Its all about restablishing the gentle balance and counter balance.

My preferred method woud be to reduce RRPM by gently rolling off the throttle while raising the collective to increase the main rotor Torque, that should balance out the increased Tail rotor thrust.
You dont want it to climb because you will start to sink with the reduced RRPM and if you are high up you could hit the ground with quite a bang.
Also you want be level and balanced when touching down, for obvious reasons.
Simple enough manouvre to grasp, worth practicing aswell, its quite easy for a small stone or something loose to lodge in the pedals of some of the older model 206's and 120's and if you are flying solo with Duals in an important peflight check that is often overlooked is to check for loose objects in the cockpit.
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