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Old 1st Mar 2007, 02:04
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toolguy
 
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Dave,

It was a highly modified S61 that had a pivoting tail rotor gear box mechanism that could swing 90 degrees form normal position into a pusher prop. I have a picture of it, but no means to scan it. My guess is that the flapping loads on the spindles and stops was pretty high in the pusher mode, but it never caught on.
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