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Old 13th Sep 2015, 22:25
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Gomer Pylot
 
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Dunno - might mean I could finally land a Squirrel and look like it wasn't an accident.
LOL. Nobody alive can land an AS350 gracefully every time. It's possible now and then, with intense concentration, but eventually it will catch you by surprise. Especially with the low skids. I've actually never flown one on high skids. On the low ones, it gets progressively more squirrelly as you get lower, and as the skids touch it tries very hard to move laterally while yawing, and you never know which way it's going to move.

Oleos can lead to interesting events after touchdown. I have no idea how this device would work. I'll definitely let someone else test it thoroughly first.
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