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Old 24th Sep 2002, 22:41
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Nick Lappos
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Crab is right, again. Overpitching has been around, and is a good term. Regarding margin above OGE power to help you really do the mission, the US Army uses 500 ft/min climb rate, which is almost 10% power margin. Power or climb might be a better margin than thrust which is weight, although any will get you safer. I have found out that a 2% power margin is needed to turn an OGE hover into a vertical climb.

Whirlybird,
Don't be confused. We have discussed the fact that Vortex Ring State has three names (settling with power, power settling, and vrs) and that we have no name for the plain old garden variety smacking of the ground when you try to terminate an approach without enough power (except in Canada, where they are reported to use settling with power). Terms have been suggested, overpitching seems to be there already.
Up to speed?