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Old 1st Oct 2020, 16:11
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Tail rotor drift happens if you keep the wings/rotor disc level - it is producing thrust laterally - therefore you have to tilt the rotor so that some of the MR thrust is directed laterally in the opposite direction.

That sorts out the drift - the roll attitude is the result of the forces balancing - the TR thrust and horizontal component of MR thrust create a rolling couple and the vertical component of MR thrust and the mass of the aircraft create an opposing couple.

DB - no, it was your crappy hovering
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