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Old 03-16-2020, 11:57 AM   #517 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
You still have rudder control in an auto-rotation... because you're trading altitude for spinning the main rotor, which is mechanically connected to the tail rotor.

I saw a video where a kid with an RC auto-rotated upside down, then flipped it around and landed, all unpowered.
The point in question was a Hughes / MACDAC/Boeing NOTAR which is a turbine powered vectoring thruster that stops functioning when the turbine fails. It does not have a tail rotor.
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