RE: Gyroscopic procession
 

So after all this (plenty of reading ,plenty confusion ) do you tilt the head in the direction you want the aircraft to go ,I need to know for my new gyro:eek::eek:

RE: Gyroscopic procession
 

yes

RE: Gyroscopic procession
 

An excellent example of gyroscopic precession - and also easy to understand - is that the retreating blade on a helicopter is a limiting factor in forward flight speed because the faster you go the slower is the relative speed (with respect to airflow) of the relative wind over the retreating blade and it ultimately stalls, just like any wing with no wind over it. Regardless of the direction of rotation, CW/CCW, the loss of lift is on either the left or right side of the forward moving helicopter which is applied (due to gyroscopic precession) 90 degrees later in the direction of rotation, which means the aft section of the helicopter loses lift during a stall and the nose pitches up instead of down as in a fixed wing stall.

Howard