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Old 22nd Jul 2012, 19:34
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Shawn Coyle
 
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I've never heard of a rotor in autorotation overspeeding to the point of immediate damage to itself or the dynamic components.
It's almost impossible to get a rotor system without power to get to such high rotor RPMs. Under power, possibly, but not in autorotation.
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