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Old 22nd Dec 2007, 16:33
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Rather than getting your kicks out of slagging me off, why not post something to explain why 212 thinks the nose attitude is higher in strong wind than in light wind. So far no-one has explained that. Its easy to snipe from the sidelines, somewhat harder to contribute something useful.

My explanation is spot on for the Super Puma family - you can feel the stabiliser stall as speed is reduced through around 20kts with a corresponding tuck in fuselage attitude, but that does not mean its necessarily correct for the S92 with its flatter section horizontal stabiliser and canted tail rotor. Looking at the photos, the 92 stabiliser looks more like a flat plate than an aerofoil and perhaps its sole job is to aid the otherwise dodgy longitudinal stability? Lets try to have some technical discussions without personal attacks. Now that would be a first for Pp

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