Originally posted by Mikerjf
Probably find a good explanation in the heli sections. That's what got me started on this. All helicopters in a stable hover hang at about a 5 degree angle so I figured it would apply here too.
Mike
Ah, no actually.....the reason a heli hovers with the right skid a little low is because of the tail rotor thrust. The tail rotor thrust tries to push the heli to the left. You cancel this with right cyclic input. The heli 'leans' to the right a little so the tail thrust and cyclic input balance out. Most people doing their first hovers ask why the heli keeps wanting to wander to the left......