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droop stop

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A device to limit downward vertical motion of helicopter rotor blades upon rotor shutdown.


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The warning associated with the rotor system with regards to flight-deck safety, reads as follows: WARNING: When AFCS computer power is cycled, trim is disengaged and an unguarded cyclic will allow the rotor arc to dip as low as four feet above the deck, prior to full control deflection, without pounding the droop stops.
Dear Sergeant; Blade, We have problems performing maintenance on the Black Hawk main rotor blade spindle droop stop nut, NSN 5310-01-102-8858.
 
 
 
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