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Old 24th Oct 2010, 03:09
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Not the same engine of course, but it was common practice to hold the
UH-1H rotor blade for as long as possible on start (up to about 20-30%-ish N1I think) to avoid the blade sailing too much at low rpm, and no harm was ever done by doing it as far as I know.
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