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Old 6th October 2008 | 11:14
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gulliBell
 
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Extract from accident report:

"When the helicopter executed the steeply banked turn to the left at low forward airspeed, the inertia in the main rotor blades and main rotor RPM would have decreased, resulting in less main rotor efficiency..."

Anyone who is more aerodynamics savvy than me care to comment on the veracity of this, viz, steep turns result in RPM decrease, resulting in less efficiency??
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