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Old 2nd May 2006, 13:00
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mongoose237
 
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Angel Another one to throw into the pan...

An explanation of another contributory factor that I heard some time ago:
When you lower the collective lever, you reduce the lift coefficient on both blades by the same amount (presuming a two-bladed helicopter for the sake of simplicity). However, the increased V on the advancing blade compared to the retreating blade means the reduction in lift is not uniform across the disc, which results in the nose drop.
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