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Old 13th March 2014 | 14:11
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awblain
 
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I told you it is control power.
It is, but would you agree that that's the maximum size of the couple from differential lift across the disk and its ratio to the angular momentum of the disk.

the same thing
Maximum pitch, associated with maximum (but constant) lift, occurs 90 degrees away from maximum rate of change of pitch (and lift).
Where pitch changes most quickly is not where the lift is a maximum or minimum, it's where it has the average value.

that depends on your control orbit set up.
Maybe it does, but where is it?

There's a cyclic control input to move to the left.
Is the maximum-minimum-lift/lowest-highest-blade-tip direction fore-and-aft or left-to-right?
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