Lu,
Why is it you always start the majority of your posts with a thumbs down?
You can't take it, but you can sure dish it out mate.
You can disagree all you like with me, or I can disagree with you, but you cant fight science, maths and the laws of physics, which you seem to do very well, I endorse the above posts about UNDERSTANDING helicopter priciples of flight.
You however don't. I recall when you tried to comment on the mixing box of the CH-47 a few months ago and got trashed by very experienced pilots and instructors on that aircraft. You tried to pass off your theories off and up until that point you had everyone convinced that you were an expert on the Chinook, then you end the thread by saying, "thats my theory but I could be wrong". You also said that when a pilot is executing an autorotation "The pilot then lowers the collective to effect touchdown"
To which I replied" Please tell us that was a typo Lu"
To which you failed to respond.
You really don't understand fundamental helicopter aerodynamics, so you put theories forward to this forum to make yourself out to be an aerodynamic guru.
Concepts of understanding are way different to what you have been putting forward on your posts, you just don't understand.
If the above posts help other to understand the concepts of helicopter aerodynamics thats great!
Don't throw your stuff off as theories, they are set in concrete, and no matter what keeps you up at night be it a Robinson or an Airbus, your theories don't cut it.
You are not an Engineer,
You are not an Aerodynamicist
You are not a Pilot
You are not involved in rotor design
You are by experience an unlicensed A&P Mechanic, I think you should stick to that.
If you are trying to understand helicopter principles of flight by way of this forum and not expousing your theories, then all the other posts you have made are therefore, by definition, a misunderstanding of helicopter theory.
Thats fine, but don't pass your own theories off as an expert, you definately are not one.
Anyone who reads your posts should understand this.
Anyone whos interested should go to the top of the page, click forums for last 100 days,go to page 8, find the Subject of "Chinook Flying" then click on page 2 and read the stuff from Lu, then read the responses by the experts.
Lu, you just can never accept the experts
[ 05 August 2001: Message edited by: sling load ]