Questions tagged [helicopter]
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward, and laterally. These attributes allow helicopters to be used in congested or isolated areas where fixed-wing aircraft would usually not be able to take off or land.
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Does information about private heliports need to be published in the AIP?
I am seeking information on what international regulations specify regarding the publication of aeronautical data for a private heliports.
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Is the FAA aware that the Vibrations of Low Flying Emergency Helicopters Are Slowly Over Time Costing Homeowners Millions In Damages in My City Alone? [closed]
Imagine you have a plexiglass baking pan. The one that is rectangle in shape and fairly shallow. You take a bunch of loose sand and tilt the pan towards you so all that sand is near one side of this ...
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How to balance the main rotor of helicopter?
In mi17 class helicopters, the OEM had not given an option of adding weights at main rotor hub or blade tips at unit level. The blade sets are usually static balanced when received by units. Is there ...
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Can you do a IFR flight in a uncontrolled space in a helicopter?
Can you do a IFR flight from point A to point B (both within an uncontrolled airspace) in IMC in a helicopter?
Would there be a minimum altitude?
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What does a letter "R" means in a helipad?
What does it means when a helipads has a letter "R" and a arrow?
Here are some examples and the link to google maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/heliport/@35.4638657,139.6262343,40m/...
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What's the purpose of the holes on the Cabri G2 fenestron blades?
What is the purpose of the holes on the blades of the Cabri G2 fenestron? In my opinion drilling the blades like that weakens their cross section under the action of the centrifugal force. Is it ...
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Am I seeing double? What kind of helicopter is this, and how many blades does it actually have?
This June 9, 2024 CNN news video begins with an inset of video of what looks like an Israeli IDF "event". Looking down from a relatively static point in the air, another helicopter is seen ...
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How do you communicate with atc and how can they communicate with you when you change frequency?
How do you let atc know that you are going to a different frequency and how will you be able to talk to them if they need to talk to you will they go to that frequency that you went to?
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What frequencies can you freely speak on? [duplicate]
Are there any frequencies that you can use to communicate with your family at home when you are flying and for a wokie talkie I am wondering if there are just any frequencies that you can speak freely ...
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Is it plausible that helicopters are safer than cars?
For some reason there is a lot of talk on helicopter safety online at the moment, and one fact that keeps coming up is "helicopters are safer than cars", supported by this article "Are ...
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Can a wind gust below the rotor affect the lift force in a helicopter?
If a helicopter is hovering and a very strong, narrow and focused wind gust comes from the front and passes few feet below the rotor blade without touching the fuselage or any part of the aircraft for ...
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Why do American Helicopters not have ejection seats or some form of ejection system?
In Russia there is the Kamov Ka-50 which is a helicopter with a ejection seat that blows off its rotors before the pilot ejects. I was wondering why here in America we Don't have some form of similar ...
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Helicopter attitude during take-off and landing (wheels, not skids)
Helicopters with wheels can take-off and land in a level or nose-up attitude (nose wheel off with main wheels on the ground). For example, the pilot of a VIP helicopter might want to take-off in a ...
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Do helicopters have to pay landing fee?
Is there a landing fee for helicopters?
I ask because since they usually don't use the runway hence doesn't cause maintenance costs for the airport I would imagine they have at least a different fee ...
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What is the arrangement of flapping, drag, and feathering hinges on a fully-articulated rotor hub?
Every diagram I have seen puts the flapping hinge closest to the rotor hub, but there seems to be variation whether the feathering comes next followed by the drag/lead-lag, or vice versa.
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