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What is the circumference of a helicopter propeller?
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That depends on the power of engine
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How does the wingspan of a falling helicopter effect the speed?
It wouldn't, the propellers are designed to propel the helicopter off of the ground, thus the word propeller, not to make the helicopter glide. The wings are too thin to hold up a helicopter and that is why they spin to gain ground as well as using kinetic energy to lift up. The propellers would eventually bend or snap if the helicopter would be to fall, the speed of the wind would break or damage the propellers.
How is the thrust force created in a propeller driven plane?
By the propeller, pulling itself through the air.
How does a propeller produce thrust?
A propeller is like a spinning wing. The airfoil shaped blades pull an airplane forward just as an airplane's wings lift it upward. The amount of thrust created by a propeller depends on how fast and at what angle its blades cut through the air. The propeller is generally powered by a combustion engine which fires pistons and turns the propeller.
Where do windmills gets it energy?
It is the opposite to the way how old airplanes were propelled. They use the propeller. When the propeller is exposed to the wind it rotates automatically. (Compare with the boat propeller and water turbine.)
What is the difference between axial fans and propeller fans?
Axial fans are divided into three groups: propeller, tubeaxial and vaneaxial. Hence, every propeller fan is an axial fan but the opposite is incorrect.
What is helicopter rotor and propeller?
The rotor is like the engine to the propeller. A propeller is the fan like blades on the top that spin to make the helicopter fly.
Why doesn't the body of the helicopter rotate in the opposite direction as A helicopter flies off its propeller rotating?
The tail propeller keeps the helicopter straight.
Where was the helicopter rotor and propeller invented?
1957
Which flying machine hs a rotor and a propeller?
A flying machine with a rotor an a propeller is a helicopter
What helicopter has the biggest propeller?
I believe that would be the Mil-26
Why does helicopter have propeller and aeroplane not?
Aircraft do have propellers , unless they are jets.
Is a helicopter a type of airplane?
no a helicopter is not a airplane because helicopter lifts but a plane takes off and a helicopters propeller is huger than a planes
Is the top part of a helicopter a propeller or wings?
It is called a rotor, and it more closely resembles a wing than a propeller blade
What propels a helicopter?
the engines make the propeller spin and will make it fly
Propeller airplanes need both a propeller and wings. What part or parts of a helicopter do the job of both?
It is the main rotor of a helicopter that acts to lift and thrust the craft through the air. A link is provided below.
What levers do on a helicopter?
They change the speed and angle of rotor, and speed of tail propeller.
How do prepelas on a helicopter move?
The rotor and rear propeller are turned by the transmission connected to the engine
