http://blog.aopa.org/helicopter/?p=803 AOPA's Helicopter Blog Fri, 24 May 2013 14:07:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.aopa.org/helicopter/?p=803#comment-2134 Kent Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:05:58 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/helicopter/?p=803#comment-2134 Most rotor head designs other than semi-rigid will be stressed if cyclic is left displaced after collective is lowered. Once the collective is lowered all the way down there is minimal, if any, thrust produced by the main rotor and it is pointless to leave the cyclic positioned into the slope. In fully articulated and rigid rotor head designs it is a no-no.

]]> http://blog.aopa.org/helicopter/?p=803#comment-2133 J Harris Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:30:57 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/helicopter/?p=803#comment-2133 Good point, GM Poland. Fuel and passenger load conditions can really change the attitude a lot, too.

]]> http://blog.aopa.org/helicopter/?p=803#comment-2127 GM Poland Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:11:48 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/helicopter/?p=803#comment-2127 Every Take off and landing in a helicopter is a slope technique. Think About it. All Helicopters are subject to a rotational force that is corrected by a tail rotor. Causes a lateral drift. Compensated for in Contol Rigging. Result is a unlevel hover attitude lateraly.

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