Am I being obnoxious here by suggesting the angle of the dangle suggests the aircraft is in forward flight? The prop rotors and pitch attitude of the aircraft seems to suggest it is at a steady state hover but the meat on the string sure is lagging behind the ramp at a noticeable angle.
Can it be Rotor Wash that provides the push that swings them PJ's out where they will not hit the ramp on the way up?
If so....what a novel idea!
Them Bell-Boeing Engineers are pretty swift folks aren't they!
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