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Old 07-20-2006, 08:43 AM   #12
Pangloss62
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This will come as quite a surprise to the troops who have done it.
Well you got me on that one

I read somewhere that the downwash velocity from those props prohibitted that, but that photo clearly shows that's not the case. Nonetheless, other problems like vortex ring state rolling and lack of autorotation in case of power failure make it an expensive and risky craft.
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