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Old 4th July 2006 | 22:30
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Chesty Morgan
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From: In your head.
Jack Stall

...I think you call it.

As far as I can recall (being a mere fixed winger), in a helicopter, you can reach an airspeed at which your rearward moving blade doesn't have enough speed to generate lift. Although I stand to be corrected!

What happens next then? Is it controllable?

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