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Miloch (Miloch_member@newsguy.com) 2018/11/20 07:54

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In article <u9v7vd5i2ge9l8nm8morkpt6d0pihorlrl@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
>
>On 19 Nov 2018 20:40:27 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>wrote:
>
>>When I was training as an Army helicopter pilot, I was assigned to fly
>>TH-55s...the early models tail rotor spun so fast that we couldn't fly in rainy
>>weather as the tail rotor could shatter as it hit the rain drops...seriously!!
>
>Sounds like an "Ole' helicopter pilot's tale".  ;-)
>
>Were the tail rotor blades made of balsa wood? ;-)
>
>OK, seriously now, the main rotor had a rotation speed of 400 - 530
>RPM in the green.  What was the rotation of the tail rotor?
>
>

The story is they had to widen the rotor so they could slow the rotor down
thereby getting the same bite of air...no idea of the speed...got this from the
instructors...used the TH-55 in primary and lost two friends who had power
failure and hit a high voltage wire going down.



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