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Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Dec 2020, 15:18
Replies: 146
Views: 24,615
Posted By Wide Mouth Frog

Can we please stop trying to answer the question...

Can we please stop trying to answer the question "is a rotor a like a gyroscope", and try and answer the question posed which is "is torque induced precession the primary cause of helicopter control...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Dec 2020, 12:39
Replies: 146
Views: 24,615
Posted By Wide Mouth Frog

Interesting. I thought megan's reply was a great...

Interesting. I thought megan's reply was a great answer to part b of my question that would lead you to a non-gyro answer. So to check I looked at wikipedia and one of the shortest helicopter...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Dec 2020, 14:27
Replies: 146
Views: 24,615
Posted By Wide Mouth Frog

Errm. You may have glazed over, but I'm still...

Errm. You may have glazed over, but I'm still interested.

The question was "Is phase lag not the same as gyroscopic precession". I can think of a couple of ways of making that question more...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Dec 2020, 15:58
Replies: 146
Views: 24,615
Posted By Wide Mouth Frog

Sorry Crab I missed the point you were making...

Sorry Crab I missed the point you were making about rigidity, but I think Vessbot has already dealt with that with the cardboard disc on a pencil video, where there is almost no link to the spin...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Dec 2020, 14:32
Replies: 146
Views: 24,615
Posted By Wide Mouth Frog

Isn't that exactly what a gyro would do if it...

Isn't that exactly what a gyro would do if it experienced an upward force on the into wind side ?
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Dec 2020, 17:58
Replies: 146
Views: 24,615
Posted By Wide Mouth Frog

This thread was doing fine until Vessbot asked a...

This thread was doing fine until Vessbot asked a simple question "is phase lag not the same as gyroscopic precession". Quite a lot of things went off the rails after that.

I've got a suggestion...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Dec 2020, 17:31
Replies: 146
Views: 24,615
Posted By Wide Mouth Frog

Vessbot, SFT, Meddlmoe et al. The problem here is...

Vessbot, SFT, Meddlmoe et al. The problem here is that the real protagonist is not here to help square the circle. Here's what Nick Lappos had to say in 2005


And then a couple of posts later
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