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Old February 12th 04, 10:24 PM
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Default Ground 350 run without blades?

Has anyone ever run a AS 350 or 355 without the Main rotor blades fitted?
We do it all the time with our 315 but I've never heard of it with a
Squirrel / A Star.
It would make tail rotor balancing a lot easier for a start - i.e. no pilot
needed. That's what we do with our Lama and use to do with our Alouettes.
No one here wants to risk it - "The engines will overspeed" - " It will over
speed the gearbox" - " It will over speed/torque the tail rotor" etc. etc.

Anyone any real info as opposed to opinions?


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