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Old 24th Apr 2012, 20:21
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Hummingfrog
 
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Brilliant stuff

Would you like to rethink this:-

As for your question about Autorotations into 50kts wind...the stronger the wind the more time you get to choose your landing site and prepare for the landing/ditching.
If you are descending in autorotation at say 1500ft/min it will take 1 min to come down from 1500ft irrespective of the wind speed. The disadvantage of a strong wind is that you are limited to landing in a fairly tight arc in front of you. The advantage is that you will have more energy at the bottom as a zero knot ground speed will still be a 50kt airspeed so the flare can be gentler.

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