Re: Blade Rotation

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:20:16 -0500, "Steve R." <srhodes13@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:


>One of my favorites is the paniced questioning I've received after the
newbe 
>discovers the wonders of translational lift on a variable wind day.  "I
was 
>sitting there in a stable hover and the thing shot straight up, and I
DIDN'T 
>MOVE ANYTHING!!!!!"  Of course, that's followed by the sudden drop after 
>they lower the collective and then mother nature takes the wind away.  If

>the model survives this encounter, the student will start concentrating
more 
>on the finer points ouf altitude control!  :-D

I got into a rather heated discussion on RunRyder about two years ago
regarding TL and Ground Effect and even after a dozen or so folks
chimed in to back my info up, the knucklehead on the other side of the
conversation insisted I was wrong and even went so far as to whine to
the admins...

I especially love the "My heli spins uncontrollably when I pick it
up!!" posts.  I'm amazed, that with the sheer number of people doing
this and the HUGE amounts on help available online, that people still
don't check the proper operation of the TR/Gyro.  Fuggit!  I'll bolt
it all together and it'll fly....