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Old 29th Dec 2015, 10:40
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Reely340
 
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John R81: Can't apply rear cyclic - risk = chop the tail - so "wait it out".
There! you said it! I've been trying to get a concise answer about exactly that topic ever since I got my license, none of the CPLs I talked to could clarify:

Is it normal that at zero pitch & flight idle, full aft cyclic will trash the tail?

There is that US Army video of old instructing about mast bumping. Initially they demostrate how the rotordisk of a Huey (on the ground) will nicely tilt according to cyclic input. I was amazed at the angle that rotordisk can move.
Then there were accident reports of Robbos cutting off their tails inflight.
Okay, both are of semi-ridig see-saw type.

But now you were implying that "emergency strength" rear cyclic on an AS350 rotorhead would chop the tail.

So would I trash my S300-C tail when applying full aft cyclic at flight idle (e.g. no pitch -> no upward coning)
Nobody warns me about that, the AFM has no restricting as well.

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