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Old 13th Oct 2016, 20:13
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Nick took 4 small paragraphs to neatly explain a few points in a language pilots can understand.

AnFi, you took almost 20 to waffle, obfuscate and generally confuse any logic there was to the arguments here - as usual.

Perhaps, rather than perpetually theorising AnFi, you could take an aircraft and fly specific manoeuvres, taking data points, measuring cyclic position, pitch rates (and maybe even coning angle) so that you have some empirical evidence collected in a scientific manner to support whatever it is you are trying to prove this week.

Start with a level, 45 degree AoB turn at constant speed which will give you a feel for 1.4 G, then take it 60 deg AoB which will give you 2 G - perhaps get someone to video the disc so you have some idea of coning angle.

But don't be surprised at 2 G that your aircraft doesn't have enough power to maintain level flight and constant speed but you will be able to experience how pulling hard will help increase the rotor thrust until the speed washes off below about 60 kts.

At least if I thought you had actually done steep turns in a helicopter I might think you knew what you were talking about.
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