MD Helicopters MD 600N Flight

The MD 600N is an eight-place, light, single-turbine engine helicopter that provides high performance and increased capacity to give the customer greater versatility. All with dramatically low operating costs. It flies faster, hovers higher, and provides the agility and exceptional handling for which the MD 500 series is known. With its advanced NOTAR (No Tail Rotor) anti-torque system, the MD 600N is a member of an exclusive class of the safest, quietest helicopters in the world. The NOTAR (No Tail Rotor) system consists of an enclosed fan driven by the main transmission, a circulation control tail boom, vertical stabilizers and a direct-jet thruster at the and of the tail boom. Low pressure air is forced through two slots on the right side of the tail boom, causes the main rotor downwash to "hug" the contour of the boom, creating lateral lift (Coanda effect) that counteracts main rotor torque. Yaw or directional control is given by the direct-jet thruster and the vertical stabilizers. With this system a coventional tail rotor becomes superfluous. The MD600N, the MD520N and the MD902 Explorer are provided with this system. This Md 600 (RN-059), registration B-2118, was build in 2000 and operated by Guangdong General Aviation Company in China until it was purchased 2007 by FLY 4 LESS from Budapest in Hungary (reg. HA-FLY). Last operator was Sky Heli GbR in Germany (reg. D-HHWR) before it crashed December 28 2010 near Jena, Germany, after an engine failure caused by snow ...