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Old 26th Jun 2013, 13:29
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Ian Corrigible
 
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If Helihub is correct, and it's a tail rotor yaw compensator accumulator issue, then it would appear to be unrelated to the B3e's laminated half bearing problem. (If delivered within the past couple of months, the aircraft in question would presumably have been retrofitted with the old-style tail rotor anyway -- the retrofit campaign has been on-going since the beginning of the year.)

Originally Posted by Cattletruck
I've been wanting to take a b3e for a spin for a while now but been putting it off with its 100kt limit
MOD 07 5606 (the retrofit with the old style TR, sans larger Chinese weights) eliminates the 100 kt limitation.

Originally Posted by Anthony Supplebottom
What are EC trying to do - drive the Squirrel's reputation into the ground?
Quite.

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