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01-29-2014, 04:15 PM

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Hedgewarden

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Originally Posted by karlik

You are kinda correct about the tail rotor - it's called translating tendency.

Read all about it here - http://helicopterflight.net/translating_tendency.htm and here http://www.helicopterpage.com/html/forces.html

That second link is my favorite. The home page is http://www.helicopterpage.com/index.html and belongs to Glenn Bloom, an Army heli pilot. He makes complicated stuff uncomplicated, adds some real life examples and a bit of humor.

Thanks, Larry.
Excellent explanation. Yup, I was only "sort of right". Very glad to know the tilt is normal. Amazing how a 9 inch model so accurately reflects real heli physics.
-Howard

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