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My understanding is that planes don't fly directly upside down, and they angle the wing slightly to make a kinda-sorta-airfoil. How helicopters can turn direct
by maxbond 4y ago
My understanding is that planes don't fly directly upside down, and they angle the wing slightly to make a kinda-sorta-airfoil.
How helicopters can turn directly upside down, and fly that way[1], without reversing the direction of their props, that I don't get. (Thinking about it now, I think it turns from a helicopter to a hovercraft? Eg, this is a ground effect?)
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdDESYBdeSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdDESYBdeSE
Also, tangentially, Magnus effect planes are a thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6geOms33Dk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6geOms33Dk
- throwawaylinux 4y agoHelicopter rotor blades can vary their angle of attack.