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Old 2nd February 2007 | 05:30
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Batoff - try looking past page 2 in your book........
If you want proper information try asking proper questions. Yes we have had a laugh at your expense but we are still nice enough to answer your question if you phrase it in a way we understand.

I think you want to know what happens to the Nr when you keep the flare on during the entry to a zero speed autorotation. Flare effect increases the Nr but for a given nose up attitude is more effective at high speed than low. Practically speaking that means that if you select 15 degrees nose up at 90 kts as you enter auto, then initially the Nr will want to rise very quickly but as the speed decays you will have to keep moving the cyclic back to maintain 15 degrees nose up (overcoming flap forward) and the Nr will be less lively. You will only get excessive coning if you allow the Nr to rise, therefore containing it with a small amount of collective will prevent this (remember to lower it again once the risk of overspeeding the Nr is over, probably by the time the speed has reduced to below 40 kts or so.)
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