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Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:20 pm

Here's a very snazzy helicopter

New technology? :D
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Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:44 pm

Re: Here's a very snazzy helicopter

Mil 24 -"Hind"? Saw one parked at Lancaster (Dallas) a few days ago. Lots in Africa, usually flown by contract pilots, sometimes used for "crowd control".
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Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:13 pm

Re: Here's a very snazzy helicopter

Karmutzen wrote:Mil 24 -"Hind"? Saw one parked at Lancaster (Dallas) a few days ago. Lots in Africa, usually flown by contract pilots, sometimes used for "crowd control".
Do they all operate without a moving main rotor? My point was perhaps not as obvious as I thought. The camera sync is such that it appears that the main rotor is stationary.

Never mind. As you were.
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Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:05 pm

Re: Here's a very snazzy helicopter

That my Friends is called Translational lift. Once a certain speed is attained the rotor brake is applied and forward speed does the rest. It's a no brainer. Simple arrowdynamiks 101 8)
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:27 pm

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exodus wrote:That my Friends is called Translational lift. Once a certain speed is attained the rotor brake is applied and forward speed does the rest. It's a no brainer. Simple arrowdynamiks 101 8)



Yeah.......riiiiiiiight. [-X Why is the phrase "frame rate" going through my head.?????
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