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Old 2nd Jan 2005, 13:05
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Flingwing207
 
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Is it Groundhog Day? I know we've been here before.

A helicopter in flight doesn't take "momentum cues" from the ground. It doesn't know or care if there is a 0kt wind or a 50kt wind, as long as that wind is constant. Wind GUSTS will of course have an effect.

However, a steady "upwind" or "downwind" doesn't exist as far as any aircraft, balloon, bird, soap bubble, or vampire bat is concerned until you start interacting with the ground.
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