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Old 11th Jul 2012, 00:13
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The Warning cautions pilots that "severe pitch down and altitude loss can occur if nacelles are rotated too far forward too quickly at takeoff."
Jeez Louise....you reckon?

Now let's add a 20-27 knot tail wind....throw in a pedal turn at the same time....out of wind to down wind....and bad things happen.

Must be all that rapid acceleration can be addictive.

It does seem counter-intuitive to have to apply aft cyclic as you accelerate by rotating the nacelles forward. It makes sense when you consider the objective is to maintain a reasonably level airframe pitch attitude during such transitions.

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