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Old 15th May 2008, 22:49
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Originally Posted by Jabawocky
however is there a critical hover height and speed...
No more am I a fling-wing driver, but I believe the area in their performance envelope to which you refer is that known colloquially as the "Dead-Man's Curve". For a definition of same you will have to refer the query to someone that knows rotary wing PofF... or refer here or here for the Internet story thus far -nothing flash, just the 1st couple of links thrown up by a Google search.
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