Thread: Helicopters
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Old 01-02-2007, 07:05 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by WVOtoGO View Post
Keep in mind its a big disk that doesn’t just fall through the air like the body of the ship wants to. By pulling full power/collective you can keep these loads low, but not without possibly over-speeding the ship as you go into vertical (straight down) and then enter into a “pull-out” that may put loads on things way beyond their limits.
Yep, that's the part I didn't comprehend. That big disc isn't going to drop like a stone........

One helicopter above another...........with the lower machine suffering the downwash.........?? That can't be pretty........
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