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Height-velocity diagram
The Height-Velocity diagram or H/V curve is a graph charting the safe/unsafe flight profiles relevant to a specific helicopter. As operation outside the safe area of the chart can be fatal in the event of a |power or transmission failure it is sometimes referred to as the dead man's curve by helicopter pilots.
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