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Old 4th Sep 2001, 10:13
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jellycopter
 
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Just to add fuel to the flames.... With a conventional helicopter, it often takes less power to hover downwind than into wind. Blade vortices/downwash impinge on the tail rotor making it less efficient when into wind?
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