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No, I have to conclude that the previous commenter didn't understand your point, which was the observation that heavy aircraft with very low sustained forward t
by DangitBobby 5y ago
No, I have to conclude that the previous commenter didn't understand your point, which was the observation that heavy aircraft with very low sustained forward thrust (thrust that would not be sufficient for a helicopter to hover) results in sufficient upward lift to suspend the aircraft indefinitely, which is very surprising.
- afterburner 5y agoA helicopter doesn't rely on the forward thrust of the chassis, it relies on the forward thrust of the helicopter blades in rotation. Those blades are wings.
- DangitBobby 5y agoThe way the thrust is generated is mostly irrelevant to this observation. The observation is about the mechanics of lift, which is some function of thrust combined with the wings, rotors, balloons, etc. You'd observe the same bizarre mechanics if the thrust were generated by releasing highly compressed air from a tank.