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Old 28th August 2006 | 00:08
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Gomer Pylot
 
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Calculating the rotor disk doesn't give you a true picture. The disk isn't solid, it's only very slightly filled. Calculate the area of the blades themselves, and that's what your area is. Helicopters react far less to turbulence than fixed-wing, in general terms, especially spam cans. As AC said, it's a matter of wing loading.
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