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Old 13th May 2007, 15:37
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JohnDixson
 
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Civil Tilt Rotors

For FH1100 and SASless,

Sometime ago Nick Lappos offered some thoughts about whether the Marana crash was VRS or in reality quite a different aerodynamic situation. Maybe he will respond with that discussion here. In any case, postulating a vortex ring state boundary at 40 KIAS and -800 FPM and stating that boundary exists essentially for all helicopters flies in the face of all of the undersigned's experience in attempting to force helicopters into this state.
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