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Old 09-29-2011 | 05:49 PM
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Default RE: Heading rotation when autorotating?
ORIGINAL: Dave Wave

Not a driven tail.


So if I understand this right. If I am in a hover and loose the engine, the nose will swing and there is no way to correct it and I will have to land in the direction the nose ended up pointing. If I am in FF, the heli should weathervane and land straight ahead?


Thanks,

-Dave
Basically yes, but as I said above with good bearings and a better gyro/servo combination (even the basic Futaba GY-401/S-9254 combo), then even from the hover there will not be much of a change in heading unless you loose to much main rotor speed.
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