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Old 13th Sep 2008, 02:07
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Originally Posted by Graviman
That's probably about right CEFOSKEY. At 100% collective this works out at roughly 2.1g, meaning that a turn tighter than about 60 degrees would require height loss.
Graviman,

I think that means it could pull 2.1g's vertically from hover, for a moment, if you yanked the collective to 100%. With translational lift I would expect you could do better. A 60 degree bank turn in hover doesn't make sense.

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