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Old 5th Oct 2005, 21:14
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Arm out the window
 
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Can I have some confirmation or denial of the following, which summarises what I've read and heard about the phenomenon known as LTE:

a. Is associated with the Bell 206

b. Happens in a high left pedal demand situation at low speed

c. Is thought to be 'set off' by the not-very effective tail rotor operating at normal rpm encountering dirty air from either the main rotor vortices, or ingesting its own vortices

d. Is more likely when the relative wind comes from certain critical directions (ties in with 'c')

e. Is characterised by a very rapid right yaw that can't be stopped with left pedal

f. Can perhaps be flown out of as described by flingwing, given room to lower collective and gain airspeed, but will probably only be stopped by rolling off the throttle or crashing, or both.

Lots of definitions and acronyms being thrown around in this discussion; are these points a fair summary or not?
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