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Old 10th Feb 2010, 17:30
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With a Loss of Tail Rotor induced spin, what ability does one have to control airspeed and direction for a (successful) auto?
Edited to add: with no pedal control managing directional and speed control becomes much more complicated, and possibly cross controlling (cyclic for lack of pedal) further complicating matters...

I would imagine falling down at the angle he did there would not have been enough Rotor RPM to arrest the landing?

With the little we know and can see from the video, is one able to draw any speculation?
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