UH-1H - Wind Locks Up Anti-torque Pedals

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BLUF:

1. Wind locks up anti-torque pedals.
   
2. Airspeed indicator shows ground and not air speed.
   

1: If the UH-1H is started in air with wind, the AT pedals lock up in response to the wind. [Picture 1] has wind 90* from the left at 29 kts. Helo is at 1600 ft and 87 kts. Notice that the right pedal is full forward and the ball is offset left. The pedals could not be cleared with either trim reset or pausing and continuing. Shifting the wind to the opposite side [Picture 2] reverses the pedal lock up to the left one full forward.

 

First time tried with a start and follow on point. Next tried with only start point with 0 kts. No difference. Also, while hovering at 1600 ft, noticed the airspeed was at 0 kts. Should have been 29 kts.

 

[Picture 3] was from a hover. Wind speed of 14 kts while airspeed indicates 0 kts.