Before I ask this question can I say that I don't ever,ever fly my heli overweight and for this reason I an 44'ing in a Robbie now as opposed to 22'ing it, However, I wondered if anyone can answer a query brought up by a pal who I was flying with and laughed when I took 4 gallons out of my 22 before we took off. It obviously applies to all helicopters.
If you fly at the max allowable weight, take off and do a 60 degree series of banks, perhaps to inspect something below, the helicopter is effectively twice its weight! Even at a 30 degree bank the load on the blades etc is such that the helicopter is much heavier. So when they spec the max allowable weight are they taking that into account and if so does that mean there is a huge safety margin in normal straight and level flight?
No replies please about insurance being invalid etc etc, as I said at the start I don't ever do it but it was a valid question and one I couldn't answer!
