Fundamentals of Flight Flashcards

1
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Dynamic Rollover

A

Susceptibility to a lateral rolling tendency that requires three conditions

Pivot point
rolling motion
exceeding the critical angle

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2
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This symmetry of lift

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Difference in lift between the advancing and retreating halves of the rotor disc

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3
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Translating tendency

A

Tendency of a hovering helicopter with a single counterclockwise rotating main motor blade to drift to the right

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4
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Transverse flow

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Right full of the aircraft between 10 and 20 knots

More vertical airflow through the aft half of the rotor disc when a helicopter is traveling forward between 10 and 20 knots

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