"Rhodesst" wrote in message
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According to the article they only had a 25° nose down attitude. It
looks alot worse than that in the picture. Since most helicopters of
this size typically lift twice there own weight (when empty). I would
estimate that the maximum theoretical nose down angle whould be 60°.
This gives you a thrust vector component of twice youre vertical
component. However the transmission lube systems would not like this at
all.

John Roncallo

As long as you can maintain a vertical component of lift equal to the
weight of
the helicopter, you'll be Ok. Either way, that looks like one hell of a
balancing act.

I don't know for sure but that looks like it might not be too much
different
from a simple (huh?) hover with a heavy sling load as far as control
imputs are
concerned. Of course, I'm probably wrong about that. It's never that
easy, if
hovering is considered easy. :-)

Fly Safe,
Steve R.

Ok i have read all the posts up to 23rd dec on this thread, i understand
it's some sort of an illusion.

I know next to nothing about sling operations.

I'm just surprised that no one seemed to think about the principles of
dynamic roll over and try to apply them here ?

I know the sling load probably isn't stuck to the ground ..but could become
stuck, then there is inertia and acceleration considerations, i have only a
fuzzy understanding of all this ...but i think that the maximum nose down
angle when towing would be a lot less than
anyones gut feeling or quick calculation based only on thrust to weight
ratios and thrust vectors.

Do i have a point ?
I'm sure someone will elaborate on this?