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    Left pedal turns in a helicopter are often safer than right pedal turns due to power requirements. [1] More power is needed for left pedal turns, so if a left turn can be completed it means there is enough power for safe flight. [2] With wind from the right, it decreases the tail rotor's angle of attack, requiring more left pedal and power for adequate anti-torque thrust. [3] A right pedal turn under these conditions could become uncontrollable due to using the main rotor's torque with less anti-torque thrust application.

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    Left pedal turns in a helicopter are often safer than right pedal turns due to power requirements. [1] More power is needed for left pedal turns, so if a left turn can be completed it means there is enough power for safe flight. [2] With wind from the right, it decreases the tail rotor's angle of attack, requiring more left pedal and power for adequate anti-torque thrust. [3] A right pedal turn under these conditions could become uncontrollable due to using the main rotor's torque with less anti-torque thrust application.

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    Left pedal turns in a helicopter are often safer than right pedal turns due to power requirements. [1] More power is needed for left pedal turns, so if a left turn can be completed it means there is enough power for safe flight. [2] With wind from the right, it decreases the tail rotor's angle of attack, requiring more left pedal and power for adequate anti-torque thrust. [3] A right pedal turn under these conditions could become uncontrollable due to using the main rotor's torque with less anti-torque thrust application.

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    Helicopter Study Guide

    Practical Review for the Checkride

    Flight Conditions / Maneuvers

    Why are left pedal turns often considered safer?


    August 16, 2018 by ETL

    More power is required for left pedal turns. If a left turn can be completed, there is enough
    power available to safely control the helicopter in the current flight conditions.

    When wind is from the right, it is similar to having more induced flow, which decreases the
    angle of attack on the tail rotor. With the decrease in the tail rotor blades angle of attack,
    more left pedal is needed to provide adequate anti-torque thrust, which uses more power.
    As such, there may not be enough anti-torque thrust available to turn the aircraft to the
    left. If this is the case, the flight should be aborted. If a right pedal turn is conducted
    under the same conditions, the turn will likely not be able to be stopped. A right pedal turn
    uses the torque from the main rotor so is can often be considered a turn with less
    application of anti-torque thrust. As such, the right turn could easily become
    uncontrollable. The problem would become worse as the right turn reached the
    conditions where LTE is more likely (tail wind or left crosswind).

    Reference(s):

    FAA-H-8083-21A – Helicopter Flying Handbook pg. 9-4


    Principles of Helicopter Flight, 2nd Edition, pg. 68

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