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Old 5th Nov 2012, 15:51
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Lonewolf_50
 
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Clandestino, you don't need to be ACM trained to understand, and apply (or be wary of) unloading aerodynamic surfaces, or an aircraft.

Please look up "mast bumping" as it concerns a Huey helicopter. I hope you will be able to reconcile the fact that my instructors, some 30 years ago, were able to convey successfully to me the necessity to NOT unload the head, with no reference whatsoever to EVM or ACM. Also the point of keeping the head loaded while doing NoE maneuvers in low level flying.

In simple, Level 2 English, Unloading the aircraft is done by reducing the G load, and loading the aircraft, as you can imagine, is normally achieved by increasing the G load. This is as true in a Cessna 172 as in a Pitts Special as in a Gulfstream as in Mistubishi Zero, or in a Huey or a Lynx.

For Old Carthusian: I believe Clandestino nailed the reason for the added pages: human factors.

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