[TowerTalk] Re: Long mast, intermediate bearing

[K7LXC]

In a message dated 98-04-06 23:44:04 EDT, dick@libelle.com writes:

> This lateral force would seem to be just as critical to a rotor as any of
>  its other specifications, yet none of the rotor manufacturers appear to
>  state it.

    The only hard data I've seen on this is the Hy-Gain destruct test that
they did on a T2X. The neck broke at 3,000 foot-pounds of force with a big
BANG.

Cheers,  Steve  K7LXC

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