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Old 5th December 2010 | 13:52
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From: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
"Thrust setting" isn't a term generally used for helicopters.

As Agaricus said, "torque setting", or "percentage torque" is more common.

Having said that, the RAF's version of the Puma (HC1) doesn't have a torque gauge and on those aircraft the term "degrees of collective pitch" is used instead.
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