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Old 21st Apr 2003, 23:01
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NickLappos
 
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B Sousa,
The rotor blade weight is an important contributer to the stored energy that is used to keep rpm up when the power quits. If the blades are light, the inertia is less, and the stored energy is less.

This means that you have to look more carefully, and lower the collective more rapidly in a low inertia system.
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