T/R driveshaft Failure
Hi Nick...
Just finished my annual C+ refresher training at FSI in Palm Beach... A tailrotor driveshaft failure in the Sim is a fairly violent maneuver with no option except immediate autorotation with one engine off and other at idle (for a gen)... the RFM seems to imply that flight may be possible with such a failure ("...autorotate if necessary to control yaw")... The Sim instructor told us there is no way you can fly with a T/R failure... it is a Sim thing
My question.... during 76 development was this failure actually flight tested or is it computed mathematically?