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Old 11th September 2006 | 18:24
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noooby
 
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From: daworld
Nigel, you might be thinking of the centrifugal clutch.
Sprocket, that is because Bell 47's have a centrifugal clutch. Well, the G3B1's and 3B2's did anyway. If the clutch shoes are glazed, ERPM goes up while RRPM starts to decay.

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