* The Vuichard Recovery technique is a new method for recovery from settling with power

the requires increasing collective, left pedal, and right cyclic.

Reference(s):

FAA-H-8083-21A – Helicopter Flying Handbook pg. 11-9

Principles of Helicopter Flight, 2nd Edition, pg. 157
FM 3-04.203-2007 Fundamentals of Flight pg. 1-61

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What is loss of tail rotor effectiveness (LTE)?

August 16, 2018 by ETL

Loss of tail rotor effectiveness, commonly referred to as LTE, is when the ability to provide
anti-torque thrust from the tail rotor is ineffective or highly unreliable.

Notwithstanding mechanical problems, there are several wind conditions that impact the
tail rotor’s ability to provide anti-torque thrust: main rotor disc interference, tail rotor vortex
ring state, and weathercock stability. Main rotor disc interference may occur when there is
a wind between 285-310-degrees. From this angle, the main rotor vortices can be blown
into the tail rotor, making the tail rotor operate in turbulent air. A tail rotor ring state may
occur when the wind is from 210-330 degree as there is the potential for the wind to blow
tail rotor’s vortices into the tail rotor and the tail rotor can end up in a vortex ring state.
When the wind is from 120-240 degrees, the helicopter will want to weather vane into the
wind, making it operate in extremely turbulent air.
When there is pilot discretion to approach a landing site with left or a right cross wind, a
right crosswind minimizes the likelihood of LTE. Often, a pilot has the discretion on the
approach to a landing site, so the wind should be considered, particularly on final where
tail rotor use increases.

Reference(s):

FAA-H-8083-21A – Helicopter Flying Handbook pg. 11-17

Principles of Helicopter Flight, 2nd Edition, pg. 69

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LTE

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years in the military. Brad was a Special Warfare Combat Craft Crewman in the U.S. Navy
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