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Old 25th Nov 2012, 08:11
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Anthony Supplebottom
 
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This is such an irritating development. So the newfangled "chinese weights" could not be accommodated by the tail rotor and caused stresses and tensions (and at least one fatality) which EC were unable to research before launching the B3e.

On top of that the lost benefit of assisted tail rotor control in the event of hydraulic failure is gone and EC are now back to the old compensator?

Why the heck weren't these weights properly tested before the B3e was launched??????????????
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