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Old 5th Dec 2007, 07:12
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Maybe in the clear light of morning I could explain my above solution a bit better!

If gun fires n rounds per second, each mass m, at muzzle velocity v relative to helicopter, and the helicopter is mass M, flies at V, with torque C, then the increase in C necessary to maintain V will be nmvC/MV.

This assumes that M is constant - which is not strictly the case if n and m are very high...
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