hi dog - aah coyote:
you heard right, the 100kt doors off limit was suggested by a nonflying company engineer, that figured, if you stick your arm out into the slipstream, it might get you some rather painful modifications to your elbow and/or shoulder joint locations, if you do not do so with some pretesion applied to your arm.
I have it from a guy who knows Rīs insight out, that it is NO problem and bears no safety-riscs in terms of aerodynamics or structural integrity, if you push past this limit.
HOWEVER keep in mind the original intention of the engineer.
Plus it getīs pretty windy in the back if you push it, also lose objects are a concern with doors off, more so at high speed.
Interestingly, the R-22 has no doors off limit, other then Vne - 102 kts - I guess the R-22 is just safer at 102 then the R-44 at 100 kts, as you are already half out in the slipstream from the start!!
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