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Something for you rotating wing guys . . .

Yes, that's how it works. Same thing as watching a car go by on film, where the wheel covers look like they're motionless...neat trick. The pilot would have to maintain constant pitch and cyclic as much as possible to allow the shutter speed to stay synchronized...that's why the rotors began to turn as he was going away. Pitch and angle of attack changed to propel the chopper forward at an increasing speed.
 
YouTuber Chris Chris captured the above video showing what happens when your camera’s frame rate is perfectly synced to the rotation speed of a helicopter’s rotor: the blades are frozen at the same angles in each frame, making it look like the helicopter is magically floating around with frozen rotor blades.

It’s interesting to see how well the helicopter rotor speed stays exactly the same through the takeoff process. We shared a similar, albeit much more blurry, video of this phenomenon back in 2012.
 
Interesting despite my aversion to Rotary Winged Aircraft. Give me 4 engines and wings any day...cr8crshr/Bill:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::usflag::usflag::usflag:
 
I've only been on two chopper flights, and both were exhilarating. :thumbsup:

One was an old Bell done up as a M*A*S*H* chopper, and the other was a modern TV Station chopper that we hired for a microwave dish installation back in 2000 ish.
Landing on a Department store roof during rush-hour traffic was cool..... but looking at the 'postage stamp' we were aiming for was a little disconcerting. :D



My younger son's first helicopter ride. :lol:
At about 34 seconds, our car display comes into view.
 
that video was cool

It almost like it was photoshopped, but wasn't
 
You haven't lived until you strap in to a Black Hawk and do the "Hunting for the bastard rag head who's taking pot shoots at you death spiral"...lol. Or until you are staring at the opposite wall of a Chinook in flight and a new hole suddenly appears. Or until your flying along and minding your own business and the engines die.
 
As an old UH-1N guy, I like the glide path a lot better in a Huey then a fixed wing aircraft. An A7 for example was a foot forward, a foot down.
In other words, six miles forward, six miles down,Lol
 
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monaco66coupe said:
As an old UH-1N guy, I like the glide path a lot better in a Huey then a fixed wing aircraft. An A7 for example was a foot forward, a foot down.
In other words, six miles forward, six miles down,Lol
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Did a little research and from what I found, if correct was the A7-E had a glide ratio of about 12:1.
 
Slap Stick said:
Did a little research and from what I found, if correct was the A7-E had a glide ratio of about 12:1.
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The statement was in jest! My buddies in that unit in Panama complained about that airplane losing engines frequently, and labelled it a falling brick, lovingly of course!
 
nah, turn off that engine, and you simply autorotate! have done it many times, landed like a cat. You can even lose a tail rotor, as long as you approach the runway above 60 knots and land using your skid tubes.(Huey) assuming you haven"t been shot! HAHA
lose an engine on that single engine fixed wing fighter, and ejection is the most likely outcome. Lol
 
on a Huey or sikorsky model any competent pilot will know way ahead of time that they don't have tail rotor control, so you keep your speed up and no erratic turns! That guy apparently wasn't paying attention, or it was a Hind. They break no notice, and then that's it.
 
monaco66coupe said:
is that a Russian helicopter?
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No, it's a Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma.
Dang, that was a bit difficult to track down.

Here is the longer version on YT:

 
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