Can't a helicopter autorotate down if the engine fails? On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 1:42 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" > > >> I took a course in aeronautics. I understand how fixed wing aircraft >> fly, but helicopters are still a mystery to me. > > > > The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's > nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual > events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter > does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces > and controls working in opposition to each other, and if there is any > disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; > immediately and disastrously. There is no such thing as a gliding > helicopter. > > This is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an > airplane pilot, and why in generality, airplane pilots are open, > clear-eyed, buoyant extroverts and helicopter pilots are brooding > introspective anticipators of trouble. They know if something bad has > not happened it is about to. > > — Harry Reasoner, 1971. > > Helicopters don't fly....they beat the air into submission > > - Anon > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.
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