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Old 18th Dec 2012, 17:47
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Edited to mention that the EC225 has a little trick up its sleeve which is that if for example you operate the training idle switch, the engine runs down to idle at the maximum rate (ie very quickly!). However, if you move the engine control switch to idle, the engine slows to idle much more gently over several seconds. Thus if on that bad day you do move the wrong switch, you get a second or so to change your mind before significant power is lost from that engine.
Why mention the trick? Surely just sticking to the EOP drill is all that is required. I appreciate that TRE's 'discover' quite a few oddities here and there, but keeping us on the straight and level standard is the priority. After all, most of us are simple creatures hoping to get it right on the day (K.I.S.S) and not have one of these 'funnies' pop into our head during that OMG moment.
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