Tick-over

[Bryan Janis]

In the book Model Helicopter Aerobatics by Russ Deakin,it states:
"Main blade pitch is reduced and the model appearsto just float, so then you
reduce it further. The next thing you know the engine is at tick-over and
you are still waiting for the model to lose height."
What is meant by tick-over?

thanks
Bryan

[Oily]

Another word for it you may know is 'Idle'.

....meaning, the engine is running so slow that it is no longer 'driving' the
rotors.

Oily.



Bryan Janis <srrat@suscom.net> wrote in message
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> In the book Model Helicopter Aerobatics by Russ Deakin,it states:
> "Main blade pitch is reduced and the model appearsto just float, so then
you
> reduce it further. The next thing you know the engine is at tick-over and
> you are still waiting for the model to lose height."
> What is meant by tick-over?
>
> thanks
> Bryan
>
>