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Old 4th Jun 2012, 22:01
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JohnDixson
 
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Understanding

SAS, I believe that you used a few different words but came up with the same underlying thought.

Joining SA in 1966, the pilot who did the structural demonstration on the S-55, Jim Chudars, was still there, and relayed that one of those maneuvers resulted in a stall that flipped him left and fully inverted*.Thankfully, the modern rotors are a bit more forgiving.

*All of the load factor maneuvers are specified to be done at maximum weight and most adverse CG, not a good place to be upside down in a UH-19!

Thanks,
John Dixson
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