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Old 22nd Jul 2012, 16:48
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hueyracer
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It is (theoretically) possible that the helicopter reaches such a high rate of D, that it becomes very difficult to flare it to a safe touch down speed-especially in small openings....as we all know, the engine(s) are likely to quit not at the final of a long runway, but more or less when flying over areas where we do not want to land-not to say autorotate into...

Overspeeding shouldn´t be an option-and that you never observed a real "overspeeding" indicates that you never experienced a "engine off"-autorotation in a fully loaded helicopter (as we did in Maintenance Test Pilot Course)......

The R-rpm IS going to overshoot.....if you do not recover.
As the FM already takes into account a higher R-rpm for autorotation, one shouldn´t play around with his luck....as he will need it at the final touchdown phase of the AR....