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Old 26th Dec 2008, 19:49
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GoodGrief
 
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morning.
A turbine is no witchcraft.
If it has a rotor, you can fly it.

The hydraulics of the 407 is VERY good.
Together with the rotor system you get an immediate response to your inputs. So, just fly it with a little pressure from your thumb.
My instructor used to say: "If you don't move the cyclic, the helicopter doesn't move."

Make sure you have your collective/throttle correlation down perfect, since you have to fly the 407 in manual mode as well.
Get some practice flying an R22 without the governor.

It is a great machine.
Have fun.
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