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From: roeber@cithe3.cithep.caltech.edu (Frederick Roeber)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: RE: Autorotation of Harriers
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Date: 11 Dec 90 01:54:50 GMT
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From: roeber@cithe3.cithep.caltech.edu (Frederick Roeber)
In article <1990Dec6.021723.18639@cbnews.att.com>, x13245i2@usma6.usma.edu (Obrien Patrick CDT) writes:
> ... At the end near
> the ground, the pilot pulls up the collective and turns the whole blade into
> the thrusting portion allowing kinetic energy of the blades to be converted to
> lift.  Of course, you can only do this once, for when the kinetic energy is
> gone... no lift, so you had better be on the ground by the time you run out.
> ...

What is the rotational inertia of the blades of the standard helicopters?
Just trying to work out some numbers, and I don't recall seeing these figures..

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