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gootybalajiniranjan 16th February 2016 15:37

negative g
 
why does the inverted straight and level flight is -1g can any body help pls

Ascend Charlie 16th February 2016 18:36

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.:confused:

Johnny31297 16th February 2016 19:28


Originally Posted by Ascend Charlie (Post 9271972)
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.:confused:

Toy helicopters can't do that either. RC helicopters can though.

MightyGem 16th February 2016 19:47


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)
The Lynx's "sub min pitch", used for the above(and in some ground runs) is about +2 degrees of positive pitch, rather than negative pitch.

Sub min meaning below normal minimum pitch on the ground.


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