{"id":61,"date":"2012-04-18T19:56:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T17:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2012-04-23T21:49:50","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T19:49:50","slug":"how-does-an-helicopter-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/how-does-an-helicopter-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"How does a helicopter fly?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1171.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93\" title=\"BK117 Medicopter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1171.jpg\" alt=\"BK117 Medicopter\" width=\"982\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1171.jpg 982w, https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1171-300x87.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What are the physics behind the flight of helicopter? <strong><em>What sorcery is this???<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Luckily, I found this article on the great blog <a title=\"helicopter physics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2012\/04\/16\/smarter-every-day-helicopter-physics-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Geeks Are Sexy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I would simply take the same word again: the guy is brilliant! Just watch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First: \u00a0introduction to the physics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Helicopter Physics Series Intro - #1 Smarter Every Day 45\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WdEWzqsfeHM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then the controls for the pilot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Helicopter Physics Series - #2 Chopper Control - Smarter Every Day 46\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MaB4k1SgfUg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check the swash plate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Helicopter Physics Series - #3 Upside Down Flying With High Speed Video - Smarter Every Day 47\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d2mITQ53kr8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The not-so-easy gyroscopic precession<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Are Helicopters Gyroscopes? - Smarter Every Day 48\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eTjGTxSevHE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Aaaaand last but not least: more explanation concerning the <strong>application of the gyroscopic precession<\/strong>. One key to understand: notice that the laser is placed with an angle of 90\u00b0 to the normal position of the blade.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Helicopter Physics Series #6 - LASER HELICOPTER BLADES - Smarter Every Day 49\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9YtyOQzarAU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What are the physics behind the flight of helicopter? What sorcery is this??? Luckily, I found this article on the great blog Geeks Are Sexy. I would simply take the same word again: the guy is brilliant! Just watch. First: \u00a0introduction to the physics Then the controls for the pilot Check the swash plate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/how-does-an-helicopter-fly\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How does a helicopter fly?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}