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> Helicopters are aerodynamically stable That’s not my experience as a helicopter pilot. I believe the textbooks say they are “statically stable and dynamical
by bboreham 8y ago
> Helicopters are aerodynamically stable
That’s not my experience as a helicopter pilot.
I believe the textbooks say they are “statically stable and dynamically unstable”, but the bottom line is you surely do need a control loop.
- Ao7bei3s 8y agoThanks for correcting that part then. I've never even been in a real helicopter unfortunately. I really wish I could touch the stick of one once to see how it compares to models in terms of touchiness... it's (un)fortunate that there's probably no realistic way to try that.
- bboreham 8y agoThere’s a decent description here: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/35764/are-helicopters-aerodynamically-stable https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/35764/are-helic...
- nradov 8y agoIf you can afford $150 some helicopter flight schools offer prospective students a brief introductory lesson where you can touch the stick. https://www.specializedheli.com/helicopter-training/ https://www.specializedheli.com/helicopter-training/
- infogulch 8y agoI really enjoyed Smarter Every Day's video about learning to hover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXR1olg_I0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXR1olg_I0w