this is awesome..
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Bootyologist (__i__)
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this is awesome..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/radiofl...in/set-895831/
My Labor Day weekend project. This OH-6/AH-6/MH-6 is now properly hovering as it should be.
Any helicopter pilot will be able to tell you LTE, or Loss of Tailrotor Effectiveness, is a bad bad situation. In this case, the TR is simply napping. Mickey is still blissfully showing off his "look, mom, no hands!" A bad, bad, bad situation...
If you think this is crazy flying, see how this Little Bird used to hover without even turning the main rotor! Now that's pure magic.
EDITOR: All geeky pilot talks aside, I realized I needed to explain this setup a bit more. This is a GI Joe helicopter that I've had for a year or so now. I've had it on a stand, and also hung from the ceiling tiles at work. But this is my proudest display yet of mounting it on a ceiling fan. I would like to spray paint the fan to match the army green. But for now, that's not gonna happen.
Weight and Balance is a true issue here. If the cockpit is too heavy, the main rotor will strike the tailboom. General balancing is also not trivial. Right now the chopper also has a slight vibration with every revolution of the blades. Will work on it more next time.
