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**frank** · March 21st 08, 12:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.military

Hit the tailboom.

On Mar 21, 6:52*am, "Daryl Hunt" wrote:
"WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message

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On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:30:13 -0600, Daryl Hunt wrote:

My old pal, the Mi 24 Hind. *The apparent stoppage of the rotors is
due to their rotation nearly matching the refresh rate of the video -
not magic. *

It's amazing how well in sync the rotors and the camera shutter are.
Does
that helicopter have some kind of computer controlled rpm governor?

It's a Turbine. *It has to have. *Usually it regulates somewhere between
93
and 103% depending on what you want it to do. *It's a combination of fuel
control and rotor pitch.

Never saw it but heard several field stories that said they would clip
their own blades on sharp banked turns.
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Remove numbers for gmail and for God's sake it ain't "gee" either!
I hesitate to add to this discussion because I'm not an instructor,
just a rather slow student who's not qualified to give advice that
might kill someone.

Never heard of that one. *Hmm, thier blades are much more flexible than
ours. *But to clip them? *Define what you mean by "Clip them".

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