Keyword: «directional control»

AERODYNAMIC FEATURES OF HELICOPTER BEHAVIOR AND JUSTIFICATION OF PILOT'S ACTIONS IN CASE OF TAIL ROTOR DRIVE FAILURE

Authors:

Pyotr Vasilev,

Sergei Petrovskii,

Vadim Popov

The article describes the features of helicopter behavior and the need for flight personnel to understand the procedure in case of tail rotor drive failure at various flight altitudes.

Keywords: horizontal flight, pitch, roll, main rotor, tail rotor, jet moment of the main rotor and tail rotor, angular velocity, directional control, rotor self-rotation mode