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That's the cyclic, not the collective.



Oh right, thanks! Good catch. :)


I just watched a vid about mast bump. It's not the rotor cutting off the tail, it's the mechanical linkage hitting the mast because the rotor has been unloaded and the collective .... something. Heli's are complicated.


Yep.

And yes, they are complicated.

Boy, is it a rush when you get good enough to fly one by feel.




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