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Old 16th August 2008 | 18:49
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Scotsheli
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Canted T/R's

If I recall correctly Sikorsky did it first on the S-60 which, in its pre-production variant, had a very aft C of G - so it was introduced to overcome the handling issue. Again, from memory I think it provides about 4% of the total lift on the latest and (allegedly) greatest, S-92.
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