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Old 9th December 2002 | 04:49
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Dave Jackson
 
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All bets are off.

You guys mentioned, correctly, that in sketch [B] and [C] the line between the blade centroids will be above the virtual hinge when the helicopter is operating at mean thrust.

Thanks again for finding fault and instigating a revision.
Please (do not ) find fault with sketch [D]



This configuration is identical to [B] and [C], except that there is now a Tie bar, which holds the two yokes at the pre-cone angle.

Should one blade flap (teeter) up then the other blade will flap (teeter) down. This is now operationally identical to the conventional teetering rotor [A]. In other words, under mean thrust, the line between the blade centroids will pass through the teetering center on [A] and through the virtual center on [D]. Even when disks [A] and [D] are tipped, this line will still pass through the center of both configurations, under mean thrust.

As with [B] and [C] the offsets in [D] will result in a more powerful cyclic control then that of [A].
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