Nick,
you said:
The TR design is made to meet the needs of the mission/customer. For the S-76, we chose 35 knots of side flight with 10% remaining pedal travel, built a TR that could do that and met that handily. At 10,300 lbs, the S76 can go 51 knots sideways, at 11,700, it can go 35 knots.
and then later:
Most TRs that I have analyzed reach the VRS point at 25 knots or more (30 to 35 knots for the S76, for instance.)
how does that work?
you would need a whole lot of negative thrust I presume but in order to attempt that exercise (the sideways flight) you would have to transition through VRS somehow?
Philip