Helicopters

David Clay Richard Cody

Brief history of helicopters

Helicopters were the first heavier then air design by Da Vinci
In 1906 gyroplane no.1 was created
In 1924 Etienne became the first to fly a kilometer in a closed circuit
with a helicopter
In 1952 the world's first transatlantic helicopter crossing was
completed
In 1957 the world's first remotely piloted vehicle was created
In 1982 the first transatlantic helicopter crossing was completed,
5100 miles
1992 Venezuela to Spain, the flight was the longest over ocean
flight.
Okay, now that you know a little bit about helicopter history let us move
on to helicopter concepts.

Table of Words

Advancing blade
Retreating blade
Blade stall
NOTAR
Tilt rotor
Torque
Collective
Cyclic

Skids
Translation
Swash plate
Yaw
Hover
Tail rotor
Main Rotor
Tandem rotor

Blade
Retreating blade
The blade that moves the
opposite direction as the
aircraft.

Advancing blade
The blade that is moving
the same direction as the
aircraft.

Blade
Retreating blade

Advancing blade

Blade stall
When a blade is no
longer providing lift.
The rotor blades traveling
away from the direction of
flight enter a stalled
condition.
Solved by adding flex in
the blade

NOTAR
Is an acronym for No
Tail Rotor
Anti-torque system

Tilt rotor
A tilt rotor helicopter
combines the vertical
lift capability of a
helicopter with the
speed and range of a
turboprop airplane.

Torque
Torque is a rotation or
a twist

Collective
Controls the pitch
angle of all the main
rotor blades

Cyclic
Controls the
helicopters
movement forward,
backwards, and
sideways.

Skids
The things on witch a
helicopter rests

Translation
The movement of the
helicopter. On the
horizontal plane

Yaw
Yaw is the helicopters
ability to rotate about
a vertical axis

Hover
A helicopter is
hovering if it is in
nearly stationary flight

Tail Rotor
The tail rotor is used like
a small propeller, to pull
against torque reaction
and hold the helicopter
straight.
If you spin a rotor using
an engine, the rotor will
rotate, but the engine and
the helicopter will try to
rotate in the opposite
direction

Main Rotor
A helicopter's main
rotor is the most
important part of the
vehicle. It provides
the lift that allows the
helicopter to fly, as
well as the control
that allows the
helicopter to move
laterally, make turns
and change altitude.

Tandem Rotor
In a tandem rotor
helicopter, you have no
tail rotor. Another main
rotor rotating in the
opposite direction of the
front rotor takes the place
of the tail rotor. By
spinning in the opposite
direction it negates the
torque of the front rotor
with torque of its own.

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