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Old 24th December 2003 | 18:37
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Tail Rotor

I know there's an extremely high probability I'm asking a stupid question here (don't know much about whirly birds) but if, when viewed from above with the tail at the bottom of the picture, the main rotor is turning anti-clockwise, then the tail rotor MUST be mounted on the starboard side?? If I've got my reasoning correct a counter-clockwise spinning main rotor would make the fuselage rotate clockwise if it weren't for the tail rotor there to stop it, hence the tail rotor must provide a thrust to produce a counter-clockwise moment, which would be to the right in this situation wouldn't it?

Thanks very much for your time, much appreciated.
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