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Old 28th Aug 2008, 14:38
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Tandem Rotor Helo Yaw Control

There may be a simple answer to a question that has occupied my waking thoughts for the past few days (might be the combination of cheese and wine the previous evenings); without the obvious tail rotor yaw control, how does something like a Chinook do spot turns? That is, with torque presumably taken care of by contra-rotating fans on top (big assumption), how are aerodynamic forces applied to do the turning?

Layman's terms will be just fine; brain overloads too easily these days.

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