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ROTORS 101
PHOTOGRAPHS BY PAUL TRADELIUS TAIL ROTORS & GYROS Set them up to work together for optimum performance The Raptor 90 3D is capable of any maneuver in the book, but it needs a properly mounted and adjusted gyro to perform at its design limits. Compared to other forms of flight, helicopter aerodynamics is quite complicated. As the main rotor turns throughout one complete revolution, or cycle, the tilting of the swashplate causes each rotor blade...
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