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Old 18th October 2007 | 21:35
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Choppie
 
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If you look at helicopter like the CH-53. The tailrotor is mounted almost inline with the mainrotor. So why do they offset the vertical stabilizer to the left tilting the tailrotor to one side and almost looks like it could create a small amount of lift in the same direction as the mainrotor?
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