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Figure 1 - Weathercock Stability The helicopter fuselage or body is aerodynamically designed in such a way that it always wants to be into the wind where it is most effectively streamlined. This wind condition creates a high pedal work load as the helicopter has the tendency to weathervane into the wind.
Figure 2 - Main Rotor Vortex Interference This wind condition is probably the least difficult to control of the three wind conditions conducive to LTE. It is important to note that a combination of the wind conditions shown in these figures can easily occur multiplying the workload of the pilot.
Figure 3 - Tail Rotor Vortex Ring State This wind condition creates a very high pedal workload and may be second only to the tail wind condition depicted in figure 1 above relative to overall pilot workload. Remember that any of these wind conditions or any combination thereof are conducive to LTE and in conjunction with the loss of translational lift the danger of actually encountering LTE is very high.
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