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Forum: Rotorheads

24th Sep 2020, 07:48

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Rotor blade stall

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Posted By Wirbelsturm

The well known 'Labyrinth Seal' on the Gem. As...

The well known 'Labyrinth Seal' on the Gem. As my SMR used to say, 'if it ain't leaking it's empty boss'. I seem to remember they even welded a flange with a small hole the right diameter for a...

Forum: Rotorheads

22nd Sep 2020, 15:14

Replies: 46

Rotor blade stall

Views: 12,167

Posted By Wirbelsturm

Only ever happened the once and then I,...

Only ever happened the once and then I, understandably, modified the display routine. We were never allowed to do the 'backflip', or indeed a barrel roll as our aircraft were never fitted with the...

Forum: Rotorheads

22nd Sep 2020, 12:02

Replies: 46

Rotor blade stall

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Posted By Wirbelsturm

I think one of the issues we had in the early...

I think one of the issues we had in the early days of the MK 8 was the absence of any ODM's! The aircraft came with a MTOW of 5300Kg IIRC and the performance data we had was from the Lynx Mk 3 S...

Forum: Rotorheads

22nd Sep 2020, 11:12

Replies: 46

Rotor blade stall

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Posted By Wirbelsturm

Hi Crab, nope, was a Lynx HMA Mk 8 with a bolted...

Hi Crab, nope, was a Lynx HMA Mk 8 with a bolted head! The warning was for Hydraulics which, after consultation with ETPS, we came to the conclusion that one of the primary jacks had briefly bottomed...

Forum: Rotorheads

22nd Sep 2020, 08:23

Replies: 46

Rotor blade stall

Views: 12,167

Posted By Wirbelsturm

Sorry to say but definitely 'jack stall'. The...

Sorry to say but definitely 'jack stall'. The manoeuvre was run low level toward the crowd line, 150kts to 90 degree nose up, wait for zero climb, 180 pitch down to vertical with a rapid 360 roll...

Forum: Rotorheads

21st Sep 2020, 17:13

Replies: 46

Rotor blade stall

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Posted By Wirbelsturm

The Lynx with the original metal straight blades...

The Lynx with the original metal straight blades would suffer from RBS IIRC. When we moved over to the composite BERP blades the AOB was restricted from 90 down to 60 as the blades were far more...

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