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Old 14th Oct 2006, 16:55
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Flingwing207
 
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To oversimplify somewhat inaccurately for illustration:

In a pushover, the rotor pushes the airframe down and makes you light in the seat.

In a rapidly-entered autorotation, the airframe pulls the rotor down, making you light in the seat until the autorotative airflow is established.

However, as long as you go down-right-aft (or left in those helis), you will not get the "decouple" or the rolling moment due to T/R thrust, so no mast bumping (or droop-stop pounding) is likely.
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