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Old 7th Mar 2012, 00:08
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Ascend Charlie
 
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Hoo boy, you have said the "G-P" words.

Whether it is really precession, or whether G-P is a simple way of explaining the delay between the point when one blade gets a boost (or loss) in lift, and the point where it has reached its maximum movement (up or down) as a result of it, the answer is this:

It happens any time there is a difference in lift between the blades.

It might come from the first moment of moving forward (resulting in flapjack) or when the change in inflow as a result of rotor tilt (inflow roll) but it is still the same stuff.

The first one that happens is flapjack, even from a 1-knot difference in relative wind onto the blade. Inflow roll happens a bit later.

And by the way, "G-P" also "happens" when you move the controls to tilt the disc, and the swash plate uses its advance angle to make up for phase lag.
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