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Old 20th Dec 2013, 20:13
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Lonewolf_50
 
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SAS, my why was about the bolded part, not the unbolded part, and about the term "suspected."

Did you understand why I bolded that text in the quote?

Then again, is the T/R loss of thrust, or effectiveness,
In flight?
In transition?
In a hover?

Each case is subtly different ... eh?

A friend died and another had his back AFU by a T/R loss of thrust, with airspeed on the way up toward cruise, and they initially lowered collective as they began to swap ends, and in prep for that final drop and seem to hav echopped the power a bit high over the sea.

So, I ask why someone thinks the FIRST action with suspected T/R problems is cut the engine. I don't get it as a generic response.

I get why in a hover you'd want to do more of a "cut gun" than anything else.

topendtorque, thanks for your explanation.

And with a low inertia head ... ??????

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