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Old 10th March 2007 | 10:43
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Graviman
 
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Interesting, so speed trim system introduces dynamic instability. As rotor pitches back it causes that head to dig in, with divergent phugoid. I imagine front rotor causes most of the effect, hence cured by the sharp cyclic input before hitting the shear.

Maybe an airspeed sensor was not enough, and there should be a gyro to provide longitudinal damping in the system too. Terninology check LCT stands for Longitudinal Cyclic Trim, but not sure what ADC stands for...

Mart

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