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Old 29th May 2002, 03:55
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Lu Zuckerman

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Question Autorotate? Like a helicopter? Not so.

For example, see his explanation of the autorotation issue, where he resolves it by proving that there are freewheel units in the drive train so everything is ok! The site is way too nieve to be of much use, I think.
It may have been naive of the author of the V-22 article in stating that the presence of free wheeling units permits the V-22 to Autorotate like a helicopter but what helicopter has a descent rate of 4-6000 feet per minute and the inability to arrest this descent rate.

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