"WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:30:13 -0600, Daryl Hunt wrote:

My old pal, the Mi 24 Hind. The apparent stoppage of the rotors is
due to their rotation nearly matching the refresh rate of the video -
not magic.

It's amazing how well in sync the rotors and the camera shutter are.
Does
that helicopter have some kind of computer controlled rpm governor?

It's a Turbine. It has to have. Usually it regulates somewhere between
93
and 103% depending on what you want it to do. It's a combination of fuel
control and rotor pitch.

Never saw it but heard several field stories that said they would clip
their own blades on sharp banked turns.
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Remove numbers for gmail and for God's sake it ain't "gee" either!
I hesitate to add to this discussion because I'm not an instructor,
just a rather slow student who's not qualified to give advice that
might kill someone.

Never heard of that one. Hmm, thier blades are much more flexible than
ours. But to clip them? Define what you mean by "Clip them".



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