"OtisWinslow" wrote in message
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I'm not sure you'd have the control movement. If the chopper was way nose
heavy [...]

You're missing my point. I'm suggesting that the use of the phrase "nose
heavy" has nothing to do with the actual loading of the helicopter. It's
just some words someone put down on the initial report. They may not be
suitable for taking literally, or even paying any attention to at all.