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Old 19th October 2007 | 21:59
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NickLappos
 
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Choppie, with a 20 degree cant angle, the upward thrust is about 1200 lbs, at the tail. This is pure lift, but also helps shift the lift balance to offset 4000 lbs just aft of the mast.

Please note that the tail lift acts as pure lift at the CG, as well as a nose down rotation due to the strong moment from the tail lift. So much for the "stick the moment anywhere you'd like" school of bizarro-physics.
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