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Old 21st Aug 2017, 14:21
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SansAnhedral
 
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While shaking the proverbial trees among my industry peers for info on the Raider incident, I was told in passing about the tail rotor prop chucking a blade in the test pit on an iron bird rig a while ago.

Supposedly this was caused by some miscommunication regarding design loads with a supplier, and subsequently slowed progress as all changes were much more thoroughly scrutinized.

Same sources also relayed something that a lot of people have been suspecting - that the vibration is a large issue and the pilots were having difficulty reading displays in flight. Sounds like there is an internal belief that the fuselage may not be stiff enough.
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