If that's too much to take in, try this. Get a kid's plastic windmill and hold it so that the axle (axis of rotation) is facing down at 45 degrees or so at the front. You now have a simple model of a "tilted back" rotor system). Hold it at the end of the stick and stick it out of a car window to get a good old airflow (I don't recommend you drive the car...) The blades will go round and you should feel the drag (backwards)and rotor thrust (upwards). Same thing really. Don't do it at motorway speeds and don't let go, as I might be behind you on my motorbike
P.S. Apparently smiling and wearing a grass skirt?
[This message has been edited by Skycop (edited 07 June 1999).]