Originally Posted by
yeoman
Just wondering, do helicopters get affected by turbulence or does the flexibility of the rotor head / gubbins damp it out as the rotating "wing" appears much more flexible than the literally "fixed" wing.
Cheers
Oddly interested of Haslington
I generally use the comparison of a choppy lake, and the difference in crossing in a speedboat or in a rowing boat. The speedboat equates to a fixed wing with a harsh ride across the chop: a rowing boat is similar to a helicopter, easing up and down the waves.
Except for a rigid rotor system, which reacts more like a FW
