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Old 19th Nov 2014, 20:35
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Soave_Pilot
 
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If you are needing Full Left Pedal to counteract Hover Torque and you reduce the Throttle...along with reducing Torque you also reduce the efficiency of the Tail Rotor as the RPM drops. Question for you is which reduces quicker....the Torque or the counter torque force?

If the tail rotor thrust decreases quicker than the Torque decreases....you would have a bigger problem than before you went rolling off the Throttle.
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Indeed you are correct sir.

The retard of the throttle I mentioned it is actually the procedure for a High Pitch TR Control Jam, as this CAA paper ( http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAPAP2003_01.pdf) points out:

HP TRCFs in the hover result in a yaw rate build-up over the failure time. Reducing collective pitch increases the yaw rate, however, reducing MR speed, in conjunction with raising the collective, proved very effective in increasing MR torque and reducing TR thrust, the combination leading to a significant reduction in yaw rate and recovery from the low hover . (Section 9 page 4)


So yes, the TR thrust decreases quicker then the MR torque! I Did not think well before writing.
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