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Old 3rd Dec 2008, 01:42
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Ascend Charlie
 
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Ah, farmer, it's in the terminology. The blade has its airflow from rotation, then as the machine moves forward at a certain airspeed, the blade tip then sees rotation+airspeed on the advancing side, and rotation-airspeed on the retreating side. The difference between them is definitely 2 x airspeed, but the blade tip never sees rotation+2xairspeed.
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