negative g
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From: Great South East, tired and retired
It's relative to whether gravity is going from your head to your feet (+1g) or you are floating in space (0g) or hanging upside down by your ankles (-1g).
S&L inverted flight is only possible in a toy helicopter, as real ones don't have the capacity for negative collective pitch (apart from a couple of navy machines, and only to hold them on the heaving deck). And the fuselage is designed to hang under the rotor system, not stand inverted on it.
S&L inverted flight is only possible in a toy helicopter, as real ones don't have the capacity for negative collective pitch (apart from a couple of navy machines, and only to hold them on the heaving deck). And the fuselage is designed to hang under the rotor system, not stand inverted on it.
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From: Germany
It's relative to whether gravity is going from your head to your feet (+1g) or you are floating in space (0g) or hanging upside down by your ankles (-1g).
S&L inverted flight is only possible in a toy helicopter, as real ones don't have the capacity for negative collective pitch (apart from a couple of navy machines, and only to hold them on the heaving deck). And the fuselage is designed to hang under the rotor system, not stand inverted on it.
S&L inverted flight is only possible in a toy helicopter, as real ones don't have the capacity for negative collective pitch (apart from a couple of navy machines, and only to hold them on the heaving deck). And the fuselage is designed to hang under the rotor system, not stand inverted on it.
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From: Warrington, UK
don't have the capacity for negative collective pitch (apart from a couple of navy machines, and only to hold them on the heaving deck)
Sub min meaning below normal minimum pitch on the ground.
