I'll make one quick observation related to RBS, in reference to helmet fire's originating post.
Good explanation throughout that post. I agree with your theory, but there are some parts where you haven't explained through. For example, you said, "Because the stall interrupts the blade’s climb, it can no longer reach its pre stall height over the tail boom, hence the tip path plane is lower at the rear when in retreating blade stall.".
I agree that interrupting that climb would change the tip path plane, but nothing you said indicates that the disk maintains it's orientation, other than lower at the rear (ie it doesn't tilt to the left or right). It doesn't go on to explain why the tip path rises in the front. I'd almost expect the front to be even lower since the blade starts it's forward sweep from a lower position.
I can answer these questions. The interrupted lift on the left side of the disk acts similiar to inputting aft cyclic. Whatever explanation you want to give at this point will fill in the blanks I have above. I prefer an aerodynamic explanation that talks about rotational dynamics, but I do find the gyroscopic precession explanation legible even though in most rotors it is not completely accurate.
Matthew.