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Originally Posted by cashflyer
I think the *idea* is cool - but pilots have told me that the NOTAR has poor tail rotor authority (yaw control) in hot/high situations. And in crosswinds.
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I have flown one - mid 90's a friend of mine became a test pilot at the Mesa plant. Since I was the Chief Gov Pilot at the Sikorsky plant at the time and the Blackhawk line was humming along, the Army asked me to help audit the Apache assembly there. Two weeks. My buddy got permission to take me on a maintenance hop as a sand bag.
Hard for me to compare since I only had a hour or so in a regular 500 that I flew with the Maryland National Guard in the late 80's.
It did seem a little less responsive but like anything I got used to it...not HHH or crosswinds that day
