ps: the smallest helicopter i saw before this was one didn't even have a central engine. It had tip-jets on the ends of the blades - yep, rocket powered helicopter blades. It was called a skycycle or something.
I wonder if the guy flying that thing has ever heard the term 'rotor bounce?' The way he walks up to and away from that rig - I can only assume he hasn't...
(for those who have never ridden in a chopper - rotor bounce is when the tip of the rotor hits a pocket of denser / thinner air - it can cause the tip of the rotor blade to dip suddenly ...up to 5 feet in some cases! This is why you ALWAYS DUCK when leaving a helicopter)
Gekko71 wrote:I wonder if the guy flying that thing has ever heard the term 'rotor bounce?' The way he walks up to and away from that rig - I can only assume he hasn't...
(for those who have never ridden in a chopper - rotor bounce is when the tip of the rotor hits a pocket of denser / thinner air - it can cause the tip of the rotor blade to dip suddenly ...up to 5 feet in some cases! This is why you ALWAYS DUCK when leaving a helicopter)
If the blade on that chopper dipped that much it would have completely snapped off several times over. That bounce probably only matters enough in a helicopter with a considerably greater than 6 foot blade span.