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Old 30th May 2011, 09:51
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Lingo Dan
 
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I flew first flew the Huey with the T/R on the left side and later the Bell 205 A1 with it on the right side. There were absolutely no problems with yaw control in the A1 version at high DA, whereas it was forever a challenge in the Huey.

Also, the A1 basically had a 212 T/R drive train, with rods replacing cables and reducing the chances of various kinds of T/R control failure.

The 205 A1 was, perhaps, my favourite helicopter - flown for 10 years in Oman.
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