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Old 30th November 2001 | 19:02
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Lu Zuckerman

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To:Vfrpilotpb

Let’s assume that your concept is feasible and that the spinning wheel is below the transmission. The wheel would have to be of a large mass and spin at a high rate of speed in order to counter the torque developed by the spinning main rotor. Now, let’s look a bit closer at the spinning mass. My god, it’s a gyroscope rotor and it has all of the characteristics of a gyroscope. Precession and rigidity in space. I believe it is like a Momentum Wheel that is used to stabilize satellites. Any time the pilot moved his cyclic the blades would respond due to (pick one) gyroscopic or aerodynamic precession and the spinning mass would also be effected and apply a torque load to the aircraft that may be in conflict with the pilots’ cyclic input.
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