Tail rotor tilt?

[EssGee]

Anyone here tilt their tail rotor?
I read a Mike Mas article in Rotory Magazine that said if you tilt the T/R
4-5 degrees,
it'll give a more stable hover, and reduce pitch up during FFF.

Anyone ever try it?

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Ess Gee
sjg1958 at verizon dot net

[WiLd]

Tilt "which" way???


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WiLd
"EssGee" <sjg1958@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Anyone here tilt their tail rotor?
> I read a Mike Mas article in Rotory Magazine that said if you tilt the T/R
> 4-5 degrees,
> it'll give a more stable hover, and reduce pitch up during FFF.
>
> Anyone ever try it?
>
> --
>
> Ess Gee
> sjg1958 at verizon dot net
>
>
>

[EssGee]

It has to be tilted to provide lift to the tail.
So, that would mean thrusting down toward the ground.

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Ess Gee
sjg1958 at verizon dot net


"WiLd" <wildwing0@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Tilt "which" way???
>
>
> down <up?><?
>
> WiLd
> "EssGee" <sjg1958@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:MM30c.3176$6c5.1567@nwrdny01.gnilink.net...
> > Anyone here tilt their tail rotor?
> > I read a Mike Mas article in Rotory Magazine that said if you tilt the
T/R
> > 4-5 degrees,
> > it'll give a more stable hover, and reduce pitch up during FFF.
> >
> > Anyone ever try it?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ess Gee
> > sjg1958 at verizon dot net
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Beav]

"EssGee" <sjg1958@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Well, there has to be something in it, otherwise, why would full size
> helicopters be doing it?

There IS something to it in the big world. Tilting the tail helps reduce the
pissing about when loading the full sized machines to the gills with troops
and/or cargo as it allows a lot of leeway in the movement of the C/G,
BUT.... those buggers don't spend most of their time upside down where the
tilt would work in the opposite todesired direction giveing the opposite to
desired effect.

Our little 'uns tend to.

> H-60 & H53 come to mind.

And Commanche, but even that won't spend much time on it's head:-)

There's usually a problem when comparing apples with oranges and that's what
comparing most models with a few full sized machines is akin to.


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