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Forum: Rotorheads

31st Dec 2014, 17:50

Replies: 26

Now here's a thing

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Posted By Shawn Coyle

Paul: To be very precise - what you're sensing...

Paul:
To be very precise - what you're sensing is side force - not sideslip. The Slip ball does not measure sideslip - a common mistake.

For others...
For the first part of the climb following...

Forum: Rotorheads

30th Dec 2014, 01:44

Replies: 26

Now here's a thing

Views: 7,581

Posted By Shawn Coyle

It's also important to tell you what the angle of...

It's also important to tell you what the angle of sideslip is - minimizing drag in the cruise can save fuel, and you have no way of knowing sideslip (unless you fly Airbus helicopters, of course)....

Forum: Rotorheads

28th Dec 2014, 17:09

Replies: 26

Now here's a thing

Views: 7,581

Posted By Shawn Coyle

Grumpy: it's important for maximum angle of...

Grumpy:
it's important for maximum angle of climb in a twin engine machine that's suddenly lost one in the hover - currently there is no way to show airspeed repeatedly below 40 knots, and for many...

Forum: Rotorheads

27th Dec 2014, 20:41

Replies: 26

Now here's a thing

Views: 7,581

Posted By Shawn Coyle

Been around for a while. Surprised it hasn't...

Been around for a while. Surprised it hasn't caught on - but then again, knowing how the 'we haven't needed it before so we don't need it now' mentality is so prevalent in our industry, perhaps not...

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