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Old 18th May 2011, 21:50
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Top picture shows the aft strop lifting the Chinny by the engine mounts not the aft rotor head. Hmmm. It's been a few years but I'm sure the USL manual showed the Chinny being lifted by the heads. Presumably the blade impact trashed the heads and transmission so they are not load bearing. However, I wouldn't have thought the engine mounts would carry the weight of the back end of the aircraft either. Interesting.
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