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Old 15th Aug 2017, 16:46
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rotorfan
 
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I'm very low time, and have no 206 time. I'm not understanding this 206 LTE/LTA phenomenon. The video suggests to me a very light tailwind, as the dust cloud from the wreck moves away slowly. When I trained in the R22, I had a couple of times where we were hovering downwind, and doing a pedal turn resulted in the ship really rotating quickly. My instructor pushed me hard not to let the aircraft rotate quickly. But, I also observed that the ship would stop itself nicely when the wind came on the nose and the vertical fin helped with stability. Later, while building solo time, I would practice pedal turns in 15-20 knots, common in the midwest US, and had no problem with control. So, my question about the video is if the pilot in this case gave it full pedal when the helicopter started to rotate, would that not stop the rotation, or is the TR so underpowered that it just can't stop the rotation? As light as the wind appears, I wouldn't expect the fin to help much when the heading is upwind again.
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