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Helicopter Control - Flapping

bzig 87,726 5 months ago
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Helicopter control relies on motion, or degrees of freedom, of the rotor blades. This video explains why the flapping degree of freedom is essential for controlling a helicopter. Other topics covered are flapping hinge offset, advancing and retreating blades, the region of reversed flow, forward flight dissymmetry of lift, retreating blade stall and rotor blowback. Other videos mentioned... Helicopter Swashplate Control... https://youtu.be/xairCL9m9ec helicopter rotor control - phase delay... https://youtu.be/-8QzYicgTL8 00:00 Intro 00:48 Rotor Degrees of Freedom 01:36 Flapping in a Hover 02:15 Rotor Coning 03:13 Preconing 03:42 Balance of Forces 04:39 Rotor Tip Path Plane 05:00 Flapping Hinge Offset 05:46 Summary of Control Concept 06:05 Forward Flight Considerations 06:27 Advancing and Retreating Blades 07:43 Region of Reversed Flow 08:28 Forward Flight Dissymmetry of Lift 11:27 Retreating Blade Stall 13:16 Rotor Blowback

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