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Old 11th Sep 2017, 22:31
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From the above referenced:

“The neighborhood of the root cause is the complex interaction between the ground, the landing gear, the flight control system and the associated pilot interactions,” he told a few reporters in a phone interview. “If you are familiar with the rotorcraft industry, this is a well-documented complex set of interaction as airplanes transition from operations on the ground to operations in flight.”
So pretty close to what caused them to crash the first XH-59A. It appears #1 is basically finished also like the 59A. You would think Sikorsky would have focused on near ground handling as a lesson learned from the previous program.

Does not bode well for this concept if you can not safely lift to a hover.
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