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Old 3rd Apr 2017, 18:48
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NickLappos
 
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It is bad form to make direct negative reference, otherwise I'd look like HC!

Seriously, the ability to have some excess yaw control is important, and should not be lightly tossed away. The crosswind is only one measure of yaw, it is easy to saturate your yaw control by raising the collective a bit too much at the bottom of an approach. After all, a 10% torque spike to arrest a slightly hairy flare needs 10% more tail rotor power, and if you PLANNED on having none, well don't be too surprised. Frankly, I wouldn't call it LTE if you planned the operation with no tail rotor margin!
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