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Old 1st Mar 2016, 10:00
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GS-Alpha
 
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The principles of flight of RC helicopters and full size helicopters are indeed the same. However, the differences in size, weight, rotor RPM etc., result in those same required angles of attack for successful autorotation etc, occurring at different physical blade pitch angles than on RC models. This is why the models require negative pitch to maintain a suitable RPM in autorotation, whereas lower but still positive pitch is suitable for full size.
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