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Old 14th Dec 2015, 04:15
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SplineDrive
 
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Not mishap free...

It is not true to say there have been 15 years of operation on the new four bladed flex beam rotor without mishap... There was an in-flight static failure of a rotor blade cuff in 2005 that led to a hard landing and operating envelope restrictions.

There are a few public references to this event on the web.
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