20 Apr
2005
20 Apr
'05
14:35
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 9:40 am, Colin Carter wrote:
This sounds as though some of the strength in the blades is due to centrifugal force keeping the movement of the blades in the one plane. This is correct for most helicopters. One of the first things we learned in flight school was to keep the rotor RPM in the green.
Most larger helicopters today are fully governed so that the pilot does not
have to coordinate rotor RPM, but the smaller helicopters don't incorporate
that.
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Jerry Feldman