Nick Lappos et al. please excuse me if I'm wrong here, or for jumping in early, but this is normal for the S76. If you attempt a tight right turn taxi off the chocks you're going to drive UP the collective through the interaction of the mixing unit. This happens at the point when the tail rotor hits its stop, and through the feedback interaction of the mixing unit. Hence explains the pedal resistance you noticed in the turn whilst trying to keep the collective down.
Try taxiing forward slowly before commencing a less upbrupt right turn and the collective won't drive up. Either that or turn left.
p.s. most who've seen an S76 collective mixing unit would first wonder how someone was so smart to work that all out.
Last edited by gulliBell; 13th Aug 2006 at 12:43.