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It depends on which way the rotors are slanted.
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What makes a helicopter tailspin?
What do you mean by tail spin? How the blades turn? How the back of the helicopter turns?
What is on top of a helicopter?
Rotor blades are on top of a helicopter.
How does a helicopters rotor blades make the helicopter turn left and right?
By adjusting the speed of tail rotor, which points to the side, the pilot can turn the helicopter in flight. The main upper rotor actually plays only a minor part in making helicopter turn. The part supplying most of the control is the tail rotor. Because the main rotor is spinning in one direction, without a tail rotor, the body of the helicopter would spin around in circles in the opposite direction. The reason for this is explained in the first part of Newton's third law of motion: for every action there is an equal and opposite action. The torque generated to make the rotor turn also exerts torque on the body of the helicopter "willing" it to spin the opposite direction. However, the tail rotor spins, pushing air to the side. This creates force in the opposite direction, keeping the helicopter stable. By simply adjusting the speed of the tail rotor, the helicopter can be turned in flight.
What is the blades on a helicoptor called?
The blades on a helicopter are called rotor blades. They are attached to the rotor mast and rotate to provide lift and control for the helicopter.
How a helicopter used of thrust for flying?
The main rotor of a helicopter is actually a set of wings that turn. They produce lift, just like the wings of an airplane. To change direction, the rotor is tilted, and the helicopter is PULLED in that direction.
How is a helicopter different from an airplane?
A helicopter has rotor blades and an airplane does not.
How does a helicopter manage to take off?
The rotor blades tilt as they rotate, giving lift. The entire hub can be tilted for direction of flight.
How does the helicopter stay stationary in the air?
Two things keep a helicopter flying, and another keeps it flying straight. To take off: 1) The blades are shaped like the wings of an airplane and create a difference in pressure (high underneath the wing, low above). This difference in pressure "pushes" the helicopter upwards (lift). But because of gravity, however, there might not be enough lift to take off from the ground. 2) In order to take off, the blades must rotate at supersonic speeds (to be stronger than gravity's push downwards), this make it possible to gain altitude. To "Fly:" 1) A helicopter's blades in air act like a boat's propeller in water. If the blades rotate at an angle, it will start moving. To make the helicopter hover, the blades must be perfectly straight up. At the same time, the rotating blades make the helicopter itself rotate the other way (about the axis of rotation). In a GPS, the helicopter would not be going anywhere like this (with no angle on the blades), but the Direction at which it is looking will be changing in circles 2) Helicopters need a way to fix this crazy-out-of-control spinning. They can use a tail rotor for this, but they can also use a "twin" set of blades that rotate in opposite directions (counter-rotating blades). With the addition of counter-spinning blades, now the GPS will be pointing at 1 direction. in summary: 1) By keeping the blades rotating fast enough to be lifting with the same force as gravity is pushing down, the altitude is kept the same. 2) By keeping the Blades from spinning at an angle, the Helicopter does not move to the sides. 3) By using a counter-rotating blades set, the helicopter is able to keep looking at one direction. with these 3 things, Helicopter are able to hover in air, and their GPS can be kept and a fixed height, at fixed position on a map, and at a fixed direction.
What cause the helicopter to lift up?
The rotating blades are angled in the same direction (at about 35 degrees) and spin fast enough for the air pressure beneath the helicopter to be higher than above so much so that the helicopter lifts off.
What do you call a helicopter with 2 big blades?
A Helicopter - the number of blades is irrelevant. On a side note - what keeps a helicopter in the air? It's so ugly the earth repels it!
What is a helicopter with two sets of blades called?
That is a twin rotoe helicopter
How many blades does fastest helicopter have?
Helicopters created nowadays generally have 2 or 3 blades. The fastest recorded helicopter has 3 blades. as it revolves more pressure is put forth and therefore the helicopter travels faster
