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Helicopters

A helicopter is an aircraft which is propelled and lifted in the air by one or more large horizontal rotors. Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was the first operational helicopter manufactured by Focke-Achgelis in 1936.

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What did the helicopter look like?

A helicopter has two blades on the top of the body. The body is an oval sort of shape. It also has a long tail on the back to keep the helicopter balanced.

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How does a helicopter turn left and right?

When in normal flight, a helicopter turns just like an airplane. It banks the main lifting body (in this case the rotor) which offsets lift to one direction, initiating the turn, the pilot then adjusts yaw (the tailrotor in this case) to ease the aircraft comfortably through the turn.

When hovering, a helicopter can be turned using yaw-only. The pilot will use the tail-rotor to make the helicopter pivot left or right.

The tail rotor serves two primary purposes.

1. To counter-act the natural tendency for the aircraft to spin in the opposite direction of the main rotor, in accordance with Newton's third law.

2. To give the pilot the ability to manipulate the aircrafts position in a left-right (yaw) axis.

It does this by spinning at a constant speed & altering the pitch (or bite) of the blades on the rotor. Using this method, the rotor can quickly change the amount of its lateral thrust or even reverse it completely.

What was life like before the helicopter?

Before helicopters, the public was never informed on traffic accidents that created heavy backups. Before helicopters, people with serious injuries did not get to the hospital as fast.

Why are Police Helicopters not armed with machine guns and missile launchers like the ones in the military?

Collateral damage. There is no need for such heavy air support, when the confrontation is on friendly territory, Police only use helicopters for searching for suspects and pursuing stolen cars.

Most of the action unfolds on the ground, sometimes in heavily populated urban regions. Missile launchers and machine guns/miniguns could cause major damage to these areas and the people living in them.

except if your in america where gun violence is extremely common.

Police Helicopter's are mostly nowadays used in keeping or tracing criminals faster bairways.

Have military helicopters ever flown over Chicago?

Yes. Military helicopters have flown over Chicago for carrying the president and for the movie, Transformers 3.

How fast does an apache helicopter's rotor blade spin?

292 RPMs, the speed of a propeller is limited by the speed of sound, rotor tip speed can't exceed it. The Apache rotors are 14.63m across. To see other specs. see link below.

When did police in US cities begin using helicopters?

During the 1970's when helicopters from the services were cheap to buy.

How are Helicopters are used in Yellowstone National Park?

Some helicopters are used as a means for touring the park. This is done by private companies outside the National Park Service.

Helicopters are also used for Search and Rescue operations and Medical Emergencies to locate and retrieve injured (or killed) people in the parks.

Helicopters can be used for resource management goals including surveys, noxious plant control, and wildlife handling.

Would you have to go to college to pursue a career as a helicopter pilot after serving in the Coast Guard as a helicopter pilot?

If you were already a licensed certified helo pilot in the Coast Guard why would you go to college to pursue a career as a licensed certified pilot? With a lack of logic or critical thinking that this question displays, don't pursue any career where you're flying or driving ANYTHING with other human beings in it!

Are helicopter pilots in high demand within the work force?

YES!!!

Helicopter pilots with thousands of hours of experience are in demand! But low time pilots are a dime a dozen, and most certainly not in demand!

How scary is a helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon?

It isn't. It is merely a convenient mode of transportation.

What was the largest helicopter ever built?

Mil V-12, with a gross weight of 105,000 kg. More information can be found at the related link posted at the bottom.

What is the difference between a remote controlled helicopter and a remote controlled drone?

A remote controlled helicopter is different from a remote controlled drone in that a drone is any unmanned aerial vehicle.

Can a helicopter fly from Miami to haiti?

Yes, most helicopters could manage that distance. Remember, it all depends on a helicopter's individual range. Some helicopters are designed to make transoceanic trips, while some are simply for transport between two buildings. It also depends on weather, as some helicopters cannot survive in extremely rough weather, like tropical rainstorms or typhoons.

Why was the RAH-66 Comanche program cancelled?

On February 23, 2004, the U.S. Army announced their decision to cancel the Comanche helicopter program in view of the need to provide funds to renovate the existing helicopter fleet of aging attack, utility, and reconnaissance aircraft. Also a factor was the growing popularity in the military of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for reconnaissance purposes

What is the cost of helicopter flight training?

Answer Around $70,000 USD from nothing to commercailly rated Pilot.

There are different cost of different flight training course packages. It depends which course you want to join.

  • Professional Pilot Packages
  • Single Rating Packages
  • Time Building Packages
  • Multi Time Packages

What is the angle of attack of a helicopter blade?

It varies for all blades collectively as you pull up or push down on the collective. and alternates from side-to-side and front-to back as you move the cyclic. If you move the cyclicto the right it decreases the angle of attack on the right side and increases the angle of attack on the left side. Since the right side loses lift and the left side gains lift the helicopter will bank and turn to the right.

The angle of attack of all the blades at hover will be about zero.

What was the name of the first helicopter?

The of the first operational helicopter was the Focke-Wulf Fw 61. It was flown for the first time in 1936.